Screening of selected Arabian medicinal plant extracts for inhibitory activity against peptidases

Pharmazie

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-361

  Oleski, A ^a   Lindequist, U ^b   Mothana, R A A ^c   Melzig, Matthias F ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSWELLIA ELONGATA EXTRACT; CISSUS HAMADEROHENSIS EXTRACT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENKEPHALINASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; KALANCHOE FARINACEA EXTRACT; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARK; BOSWELLIA ELONGATA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CISSUS HAMADEROHENSIS; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; HERBAL MEDICINE; KALANCHOE FARINACEA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; YEMEN;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIGENS, CD13; ARABIA; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEPRILYSIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; YEMEN;

EID: 33645760228     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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