Potential biomedical properties of Pinus massoniana bark extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-38

  Cui, Yingyu ^a   Xie, Heng ^b   Wang, Jinfa ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Songzhen Nutritional Resource   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cytotoxicity assay; Free radical scavenging activity; In vitro; Pinus massoniana bark extract (PMBE)

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; PINUS MASSONIANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; EMULSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PINE; PINUS MASSONIANA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDES;

PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 15944365837     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1619     Document Type: Article

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