Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities of naphthazarine derivatives from Onosma leptantha

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-294

  Kundakovic, T ^a,b   Fokialakis, N ^b   Dobric, S ^c   Pratsinis, H ^d   Kletsas, D ^d   Kovacevic, N ^a   Chinou, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Cytotoxicity; Naphthazarines; Onosma leptantha; Shikonin derivatives

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSHIKONIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA,BETA DIMETHYLACRYLSHIKONIN; CARRAGEENAN; INDOMETACIN; ISOVALERYLSHIKONIN; NAPHTHAZARINE DERIVATIVE; ONOSMA LEPTANTHA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SHIKONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBROSARCOMA; FRACTIONATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONOSMA LEPTANTHA; PAW EDEMA; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; ONOSMA;

EID: 32844466342     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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