Antiinflammatory and lipoxygenase inhibitory compounds from Vitex agnus-castus

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1336-1339

  Choudhary, M Iqbal ^a   Azizuddin, ^a   Jalil, Saima ^a   Nawaz, Sarfraz Ahmad ^a   Khan, Khalid Mohammed ^a   Tareen, Rasool Bakhsh ^b   Atta ur Rahman, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory activity; Flavonoids; Lipoxygenase inhibitory activity; Phenolic derivatives; Verbenaceae; Vitex agnus castus

Indexed keywords

3,3' DIHYDROXY 5,6,7,4' TETRAMETHOXY FLAVON; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 5 HYDROXY 2 METHOXYBENZOIC ACID; ARTEMETIN; CASTICIN; DIHYDROBENZOIC ACID; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; METHYL PARABEN; PENDULETIN; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIC ACID;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUTROPHILS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VITEX;

VERBENACEAE; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 69749109622     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2639     Document Type: Article

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