Antiproliferative, antioxidant, and antimutagenic activities of flavonoid-enriched extracts from (Tunisian) Rhamnus alaternus L.: Combination with the phytochemical composition

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-80

  Ammar, Rebai Ben ^a   Kilani, Soumaya ^a   Bouhlel, Ines ^a   Ezzi, Lobna ^a   Skandrani, Ines ^a   Boubaker, Jihed ^a   Sghaier, Mohamed Ben ^a   Naffeti, Aicha ^a   Mahmoud, Amor ^a   Chekir Ghedira, Leila ^a,b   Ghedira, Kamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ames test; Antimutagenic activity; Antioxidant effect; Antiproliferative effect; DPPH; MII; Photochemical composition; Rhamnus alatemus (Rhamnacae); Superoxide anions; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; MUTAGENIC AGENT; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS EXTRACT; RHAMNUS EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN K 562; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LEUKEMIA L 1210; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; K562 CELLS; MICE; MUTATION; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RHAMNUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SODIUM AZIDE; SUPEROXIDES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 37649010253     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01480540701688725     Document Type: Article

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