Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities and constituents of Platostoma africanum P. Beauv

Natural Product Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1067-1073

  Aladedunye, Felix A ^a   Okorie, Domingo A ^b   Ighodaro, Osasenega M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acidic pentacyclic triterpenes; Anti inflammatory; Antioxidant; Phytochemical investigation; Platostoma africanum

Indexed keywords

BUTYLCRESOL; COROSOLIC ACID; DICHLOROMETHANE; EPIMASLINIC ACID; HEXANE; HYPTADIENIC ACID; MASLINIC ACID; OLEANOLIC ACID; OVALBUMIN; PIROXICAM; PLANT EXTRACT; PLATOSTOMA AFRICANUM EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; TORMENTIC ACID; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; URSOLIC ACID;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; FEMALE; IC 50; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLATOSTOMA AFRICANUM; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; LAMIACEAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

PLATOSTOMA AFRICANUM; RATTUS;

EID: 51649098560     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802264004     Document Type: Article

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