Antioxidant activities of decursinol angelate and decursin from Angelica gigas roots

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-173

  Lee, Sanghyun ^a   Lee, Yeon Sil ^a   Jung, Sang Hoon ^a   Shin, Kuk Hyun ^a   Kim, Bak Kwang ^a   Kang, Sam Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angelica gigas; Anti oxidant enzymes; Decursin; Decursinol angelate; S transaminase CCl4 intoxication; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANGELICA GIGAS EXTRACT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CATALASE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DECURSIN; DECURSINOL ANGELATE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGELICA GIGAS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTOXICATION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; RAT;

EID: 0141886286     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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