Tyrosinase inhibitory pentacyclic triterpenes and analgesic and spasmolytic activities of methanol extracts of Rhododendron collettianum

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1076-1081

  Ullah, Farman ^a   Hussain, Hidayat ^a   Hussain, Javid ^a   Bukhari, Ishfaq A ^b   Khan, Mahmud Tareq Hassan ^a   Choudhary, M Iqbal ^a   Gilani, Anwar H ^b   Ahmad, Viqar Uddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Analgesic activity; Hyperpigmentation; Rhododendron collettianum; Spasmolytic activity; Structure activity relationship; Triterpene; Tyrosinase inhibition

Indexed keywords

2ALPHA,3ALPHA,23 TRIHYDROXYOLEAN 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; 3BETA,23,24 TRIHYDROXYOLEAN 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; ARJUNGENIN; ARJUNILIC ACID; BAYOGENIN; BETULIC ACID; ERYTHRODIOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KOJIC ACID; MASLINIC ACID; METHANOL; METHYL ARJUNOLATE; MIMOSINE; RHODODENDRON COLLETTIANUM EXTRACT; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERICACEAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; RHODODENDRON COLLETTIANUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; RHODODENDRON;

RHODODENDRON;

EID: 36549027860     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2216     Document Type: Article

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