Biological activities of limonoids, catechins, procyanidins and extracts from Xylocarpus granatum

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 985-990

  Wangensteen, Helle ^a   Duong, Gia M ^a   Alamgir, Mahiuddin ^b   Sarder, Mokadez ^b   Samuelsen, Anne B ^a   Malterud, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

15 Lipoxygenase; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Limonoid; Proanthocyanidin; Xylocarpus granatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649142213     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600101113     Document Type: Article

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