Free radical scavenging and antioxidant activities of flavonoids extracted from the radix of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1472, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 643-650

  Gao, Zhonghong ^a   Huang, Kaixun ^a   Yang, Xiangliang ^a   Xu, Huibi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; ESR; Flavonoid; Free radical scavenger; Lipid peroxidation; Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi; SH SY5Y cell

Indexed keywords

BAICALEIN; BAICALIN; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; SCUTELLARIAE RADIX; WOGONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; CHINA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIA; NADP; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

LETHRINIDAE; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 0032750323     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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