Active-oxygen scavenging activity of traditional nourishing-tonic herbal medicines and active constituents of Rhodiola sacra

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Ohsugi, Mizue ^a   Fan, Wenzhe ^a   Hase, Koji ^a,b   Xiong, Quanbo ^a   Tezuka, Yasuhiro ^a   Komatsu, Katsuko ^a   Namba, Tsuneo ^a   Saitoh, Tomohiro ^a   Tazawa, Kenji ^a   Kadota, Shigetoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active oxygen scavenging activity; Electron spin resonance (ESR); Hydroxyl radical (HO.); Rhodiola sacra; Superoxide anion radical (.O2 ); Traditional nourishing tonic herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACID; CHINESE DRUG; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GALLIC ACID; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HETERODENDRIN; HYDROQUINONE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; RHODIOLA EXTRACT; RHODIOLA SACRA EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HERBAL MEDICINE; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; THEORY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHINA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0032803780     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00245-1     Document Type: Article

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