Pharmacological and biochemical profiling of lead compounds from traditional remedies: the case of Croton cajucara

Advances in Phytomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue C, 2006, Pages 225-253

  Maciel, Maria Aparecida M ^a   Dantas, Tereza Neuma C ^a   Câmara, Janaína Keila P ^a   Pinto, Angelo C ^a   Veiga Jr , Valdir F ^a   Kaiser, Carlos R ^a   Pereira, Nuno A ^a   Carneiro, Cristina M T S ^a   Vanderlinde, Frederico A ^a   Lapa, Antônio J ^a   Agner, Aniele R ^a   Cólus, Ilce M S ^a   Echevarria Lima, Juliana ^a   Grynberg, Noema F ^a   Esteves Souza, Andressa ^a   Pissinate, Kenia ^a   Echevarria, Aurea ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

clerodanes; Croton cajucara; cytotoxic effects; gastrointestinal effects; hepatotoxic effects; N methyltyrosine; phenolic acids; trans dehydrocrotonin; vanillic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949093295     PISSN: 1572557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1572-557X(05)02014-3     Document Type: Review

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