Antioxidant activity of the crude extract of the fruits of Pycnanthus angolensis and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of its constituents

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 422-431

  Tchinda, Alembert T ^a   Tchuendem, Marguerite H ^b   Khan, Shamsun N ^c   Omar, Iman ^c   Ngandeu, François ^d   Nkeng, Pepin E A ^d   Choudhary, Iqbal M ^c  

^a Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

glucosidase inhibition; Antioxidant; Diabetes; Pycnanthus angolensis

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXYNOJIRIMYCIN; ACARBOSE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; GLYCERYL 1,3 DITETRADECANOATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS EXTRACT; SARGACHROMENOL; SARGAQUINOIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FRUIT; IC 50; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MYRISTICACEAE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS;

EID: 43649097182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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