Isolation and identification of antioxidants from Pedilanthus tithymaloides

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-70

  Abreu, Pedro M ^a   Matthew, Susan ^a   González, Tania ^c   Vanickova, Lucie ^a   Costa, David ^b   Gomes, Ana ^b   Segundo, Marcela A ^b   Fernandes, Eduarda ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^b Campus Universitário de Santiago   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Antioxidant activity; Coumarin; Flavonoid; Pedilanthus tithymaloides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; ISOQUERCITRIN; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 6'' (3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARATE); PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALOIDES EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCITRIN; SCOPOLETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUPHORBIA; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; EUPHORBIACEAE; FREE RADICALS; GLUCOSIDES; KAEMPFEROLS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUERCETIN; SCOPOLETIN;

EID: 38749128028     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-007-0186-z     Document Type: Article

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