Biologically active flavonoids and kava pyrones from the aqueous extract of Alpinia zerumbet

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 442-444

  Mpalantinos, M A ^a,b   Soares De Moura, R ^a,c   Parente, J P ^b   Kuster, R M ^b  

^a Instituto Vital Brazil   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpinia zerumbet; Flavonoids; Kava pyrones

Indexed keywords

5,6 DEHYDRO DIHYDROKAWAIN; CATECHIN; DEMETHOXYYANGONIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOID; KAEMPFEROL 3 O GLUCURONIDE; NICOTIFLORIN; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG USE; HYPERTENSION; PLANT LEAF; TEA; THROMBOSIS; ULCER;

ALPINIA SPECIOSA; ALPINIA ZERUMBET;

EID: 7344238489     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199809)12:6<442::AID-PTR320>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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