In vitro 12(S)-HETE inhibitory activities of naphthoquinones isolated from the root bark of Euclea racemosa ssp. schimperi

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-196

  Wube, Abraham Abebe ^a   Streit, Bernhard ^a   Gibbons, Simon ^b   Asres, Kaleab ^c   Bucar, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

12(S) HETE; 12 Lipoxygenase; 7 Methyljuglone; Euclea racemosa ssp. schimperi; Naphthoquinones; Neodiospyrin

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BAICALEIN; DICHLOROMETHANE; EUCLEA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ISODIOSPYRIN; MAMEGAKINONE; NEODIOSPYRIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RAMENTACEONE; SHINANOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; EUCLEA RACEMOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT;

12-HYDROXY-5,8,10,14-EICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; EBENACEAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NAPHTHOQUINONES; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PLANT ROOTS;

EBENACEAE; EUCLEA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 26944478944     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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