Natural feruloyl monoglyceride macrocycles as protecting factors against free-radical damage of lipidic membranes

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4135-4139

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

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carex distachya; Feruloyl monoglyceride macrocycles; Lipidic membranes; Spectroscopic analysis

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; CAREX DISTACHYA EXTRACT; FERULOYL MONOGLYCERIDE; FREE RADICAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; LIPID MEMBRANE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FREE RADICALS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MONOGLYCERIDES; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

CAREX;

EID: 34347396770     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.05.047     Document Type: Article

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