Natural dibenzoxazepinones from leaves of Carex distachya: Structural elucidation and radical scavenging activity

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 636-639

  Fiorentino, Antonio ^a   D'Abrosca, Brigida ^a   Pacifico, Severina ^a   Cefarelli, Giuseppe ^a   Uzzo, Piera ^a   Monaco, Pietro ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carex distachya; Dibenzoxazepinones; Radical scavenging activity; Spectroscopic analysis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; DIBENZOXAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DETERMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECTROSCOPY;

CAREX PLANT; DIBENZOXAZEPINES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; NITROPRUSSIDE; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUPEROXIDES;

CAREX;

EID: 33846242210     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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