Chemical constituents and antihepatotoxic effect of the berries of Juniperus Phoenicea part II

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 240-247

  Aboul Ela, Maha ^a   El Shaer, Nagwa ^a   El Azim, Tarek Abd ^a  

^a Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

Author keywords

16 hydroxy palmitic acid 1; 16 olide; Antihepatotoxic effect; Flavonoids; Juniperus phoenicea berries; Shikimic acid

Indexed keywords

16 HYDROXYPALMITIC ACID 1,16 OLIDE; ISOSCUTELLARIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCUTELLAREIN; SHIKIMIC ACID; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 30444449952     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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