Isatis tinctoria - From the rediscovery of an ancient medicinal plant towards a novel anti-inflammatory phytopharmaceutical

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 333-344

  Hamburger, Matthias ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 lipoxygenase inhibition; Anti inflammatory; Brassicaceae; Breeding; Cyclooxygenase inhibition; Isatis tinctoria; Phytopharmaceutical; Standardisation; Supercritical fluid extraction; Tryptanthrin

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DICLOFENAC; INDIRUBIN; INDOMETACIN; ISATIS TINCTORIA EXTRACT; LICOFELONE; N (2 CYCLOHEXYLOXY 4 NITROPHENYL)METHANESULFONAMIDE; NIMESULIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTAECARPINE; TRYPTANTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZILEUTON;

ALLERGY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BRASSICACEAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EDEMA; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PENETRATION;

BRASSICACEAE; ISATIS; ISATIS TINCTORIA;

EID: 1042286782     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026095608691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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