Antiinflamatory activity of binaphthaquinones from Diospyros species

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Kuke, Constanze ^a   Williamson, Elizabeth M ^a   Roberts, Margaret F ^a   Watt, Robert ^a   Hazra, Banasri ^b   Lajubutu, Bolanle A ^c   Yang, Shi Lin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory; Binaphthaquinones; Diospyros; Platelet aggregation assay; Structure activity

Indexed keywords

PLUMBAGIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TREE;

DIOSPYROS;

EID: 0031953433     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199805)12:3<155::AID-PTR214>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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