Superoxide radical scavenging properties of extracts and flavonoids isolated from the leaves of Blumea balsamifera

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 404-408

  Fazilatun, N ^a   Nornisah, M ^a   Zhari, I ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blumea balsamifera; Flavonoids; Leaf extracts; Superoxide radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

5,7,3',5' TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA CHLOROFORM EXTRACT; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA EXTRACT; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA METHANOL EXTRACT; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA PET ETHER EXTRACT; BLUMEATIN; DIHYDROQUERCETIN 4' METHYL ETHER; DIHYDROQUERCETIN 4',7 DIMETHYL ETHER; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYL GROUP; LUTEOLIN; LUTEOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; PHENAZINE METHOSULFATE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RADICAL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RHAMNETIN; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; TAMARIXETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING POINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT LEAF; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 11244286276     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490885969     Document Type: Article

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