Antioxidant, α-amylase inhibitory and brine-shrimp toxicity studies on Centaurea centaurium L. methanolic root extract

Natural Product Research

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1457-1466

  Conforti, Filomena ^a   Menichini, Federica ^a   Loizzo, Monica ^a   Statti, A Giancarlo ^a   Rapisarda, Antonio ^b   Menichini, Francesco ^a   Houghton, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amylase inhibitory activity; Antioxidant; Brine shrimp toxicity; Centaurea centaurium L

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 11,14 EICOSADIENOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 9 OCTADECENOIC ACID; 9 OCTADECENOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; AMYLASE; ASCORBIC ACID; AZULENE; BETA BISABOLENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA FARNESENE; BETA HIMACHALENE; BETA SANTALENE; CENTAUREA CENTAURIUM EXTRACT; CYPIRENE; FATTY ACID; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; HEXANE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINGIBERENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CENTAURIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IC 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NAUPLIUS (LARVA); NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SHRIMP; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMIA; BETA CAROTENE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CENTAUREA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDRAZINES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ARTEMIA; ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAURIUM;

EID: 57049121238     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802098071     Document Type: Article

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