Bioactivity of the extracts and the isolation of lignans from the seeds of Centaurea dealbata;Bioactividad de los extractos y aislamiento de los lignanos de las semillas de Centaurea dealbata

Ars Pharmaceutica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-424

  Shoeb, M ^a   Jaspars, M ^b   Macmanus, S M ^a   Thoo Lin, P K ^a   Celik, S ^c   Sarker, S D ^d  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Asteraceae; Brine shrimp lethality assay; Centaurea dealbata; DPPH; Lignan

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ARCTIGENIN; ARCTIIN; CENTAUREA DEALBATA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; MATAIRESINOSIDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; LD 50; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; SEED; SHRIMP; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947271849     PISSN: 00042927     EISSN: 00042927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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