Radical scavenging activity of Alkanna tinctoria root extracts and their main constituents, hydroxynaphthoquinones

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-147

  Assimopoulou, A N ^a   Papageorgiou, V P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alkanna tinctoria; Alkannin; DPPH; Isohexenylnaphthazarins; Naphthoquinones; Radical scavenging activity; Shikonin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETYLSHIKONIN; ALKANNA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; ALKANNIN; ALKANNIN DIMER; COSMETIC; ESTER; HYDROXYL GROUP; HYDROXYNAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; NAPHTHAZARIN; NAPHTHOQUINONE; OLIGOMER; OLIVE OIL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SHIKONIN; SHIKONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ALKANNA TINCTORIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESTERIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT ROOT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WOUND HEALING;

BORAGINACEAE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ALKANNA TINCTORIA;

EID: 18444379027     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1645     Document Type: Article

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