Lipoxygenase Inhibitors in the seeds of Aframomum danielli K. Schum (Zingiberaceae)

Phytomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-256

  Odukoya, O A ^a   Houghton, P J ^b   Raman, A ^b  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology   (Nigeria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 lipoxygenase inhibition; Aframomum danielli; Benzoquinones; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

AFRAMOMUM; AFRAMOMUM DANIELLI; ZINGIBERACEAE;

LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT SEED; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; HUMANS; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 0033203103     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(99)80017-8     Document Type: Article

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