Diterpenoids and flavonoids from the fruits of Vitex agnus-castus and antioxidant activity of the fruit extracts and their constituents

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Hajdú, Zsuzsanna ^a   Hohmann, Judit ^a   Forgo, Peter ^a   Martinek, Tamás ^a   Dervarics, Máté ^a   Zupkó, István ^a   Falkay, György ^a   Cossuta, Daniel ^b   Máthé, Imre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Labdane diterpenoids; Verbenaceae; Vitex agnus castus

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ASCORBIC ACID; CASTICIN; DITERPENE; DITERPENOID; EUPATORIN; FLAVONOID; METHANOL; ORIENTIN; PENDULETIN; ROTUNDIFURAN; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SPATHULENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITETRIFOLIN B; VITETRIFOLIN C; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT; VITEXILACTONE; VITEXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FRUIT; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DITERPENES; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; VITEX;

RATTUS; VERBENACEAE; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 34247151652     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2021     Document Type: Article

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