Antioxidant and antiproliferative activity of Diospyros lotus L. extract and isolated compounds

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-270

  Loizzo, Monica Rosa ^a   Said, Ataa ^b   Tundis, Rosa ^a   Hawas, Usama W ^b   Rashed, Khaled ^b   Menichini, Federica ^a   Frega, Natale Giuseppe ^c   Menichini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Antiproliferative; Diospyros lotus L.; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ELLAGIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOPLASM; PERSIMMON; PHYTOTHERAPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIOSPYROS; ELLAGIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; NEOPLASMS; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS LOTUS;

EID: 71449088014     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-009-0133-0     Document Type: Article

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