Direct radical scavenging by the bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid cepharanthine

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1622, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Kogure, Kentaro ^a   Tsuchiya, Koichiro ^b   Abe, Kazutoyo ^a   Akasu, Michinori ^c   Tamaki, Toshiaki ^b   Fukuzawa, Kenji ^a   Terada, Hiroshi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Kaken Shoyaku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiperoxidant; Cepharanthine; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Lipid peroxidation; Radical scavenging

Indexed keywords

ACID; BISBENZYLISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID; CEPHARANTHINE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SCAVENGER;

ACIDITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FENTON REACTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038095189     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(03)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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