Evaluation of Athrixia bush tea for cytotoxicity, antioxidant activity, caffeine content and presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-22

  McGaw, L J ^a   Steenkamp, V ^b   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Asteraceae; Athrixia; Caffeine; Cytotoxicity; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ATHRIXIA EXTRACT; BERBERINE; CAFFEINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; ATHRIXIA; ATHRIXIA ELATA; ATHRIXIA PHYLICOIDES; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMIA; BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; CELL LINE; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; SOLVENTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARTEMIA; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; ASTERACEAE; ATHRIXIA;

EID: 33846848105     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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