Arjunic acid, a strong free radical scavenger from Terminalia arjuna

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-207

  Sun, Fang Yun ^a   Chen, Xiu Ping ^a,b   Wang, Jin Hua ^b   Qin, Hai Lin ^b   Yang, Su Rong ^b   Du, Guan Hua ^b  

^a XIZANG MINZU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidative; Arjunic Acid; Hemolysis; Lipid Peroxidation; Reactive Oxygen Species

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; AGLYCONE; ANTIOXIDANT; ARJUNIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SCAVENGER; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FRUIT; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TERMINALIA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PLANT COMPONENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERMINALIA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TRITERPENES;

EID: 44049091475     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08005709     Document Type: Article

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