Bioassay-guided fractionation of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) using an in vitro measure of GABA transaminase activity

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1075-1081

  Awad, Rosalie ^a   Muhammad, Asim ^b   Durst, Tony ^b   Trudeau, Vance L ^a   Arnason, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GABA transaminase; Lemon balm; Oleanolic acid; Rosmarinic acid; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CAFFEIC ACID; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; METHANOL; OLEANOLIC ACID; ROSMARINIC ACID; TRITERPENOID; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG TARGETING; DRY MASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; CINNAMATES; DEPSIDES; MELISSA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; TRITERPENES;

CITRUS LIMON; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; RATTUS;

EID: 67649833545     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2712     Document Type: Article

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