Antioxidant properties of Thonningianin A, isolated from the African medicinal herb, Thonningia sanguinea

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1725-1737

  Gyamfi, Maxwell Afari ^a   Aniya, Yoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Electron spin resonance (ESR); Lipid peroxidation; Medicinal herb; Reactive oxygen species; Thonningia sanguinea; Thonningianin A; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P450; DEOXYRIBOSE; EDETIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; FERRIC ION; FERROUS GLUCONATE; FERROUS ION; GALLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; METAL; METHANOL; PEROXY RADICAL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; TANNIN; THONNINGIANIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HERB; IC 50; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; THONNINGIA SANGUINEA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHELATING AGENTS; EDETIC ACID; FREE RADICALS; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TANNINS;

EID: 0036569892     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(02)00915-2     Document Type: Article

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