Chemical constituents, antioxidant activity and cytotoxic effects of essential oil from strobilanthes crispus and lawsonia inermis

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1005-1010

  Rahmat, Asmah ^a   Edrini, Susi ^a   Ismail, Patimah ^a   Hin, Taufiq Yap Yun ^a   Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chemical constituents; Cytotoxic effects; Lawsonia inermis; Strobilanthes crispus

Indexed keywords

13 TETRADECE 11 YN 1 OL; 2,6,10 TRIMETHYL PENTADECANE; 2HEXYL 1 DECANOL; 2UNDECANONE; 9,17 OCTADECADIENAL; ALPHA CADINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; COUMARAN; EICOSANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; HEPTADECANE; HEXYL OCTYL ETHER; ISOPHYTOL; LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; LEDOL; MEGASTIGMATRIENONE; MYRISTYL ALDEHYDE; NAPHTHALENOL; NONADECANOIC ACID; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHENOL; PHYTOL; PLANT EXTRACT; STROBILANTHES CRISPUS EXTRACT; TAU MUROLOL; TRIDECYL IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACANTHACEAE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; INCIDENCE; LAWSONIA INERMIS; LIVER CANCER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; STROBILANTHES CRISPUS;

ACANTHACEAE; LAWSONIA INERMIS; LYTHRACEAE; STROBILANTHES;

EID: 33845906058     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.1005.1010     Document Type: Article

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