Antioxidant Principles from the Needles of Red Pine, Pinus densiflora

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1064-1068

  Jung, Mee Jung ^a   Chung, Hae Young ^b   Choi, Jin Ho ^a   Choi, Jae Sue ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Flavonoids; Free radical; Lignan; Peroxynitrite; Pinaceae; Pinus densiflora; Reactive oxygen species; Red pine

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTANOL; CHEMICAL AGENT; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOLARISIRESINOL XYLOPYRANOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O BETA GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; LIGNAN; METHANOL; PEROXYNITRITE; PINUS DENSIFLORA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SEPHADEX; SILICA GEL; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; FRACTIONATION; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINACEAE; PINE; PINUS DENSIFLORA; RAT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KIDNEY; LIGNANS; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PINUS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

PINACEAE; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 0242363163     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1302     Document Type: Article

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