Anti-inflammatory and membrane-stabilizing stigmastane steroids from alchornea floribunda leaves

Planta Medica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-177

  Okoye, Festus B C ^a   Osadebe, Patience O ^a   Proksch, Peter ^b   Edrada Ebel, Ru Angelie ^c   Nworu, Chukwuemeka S ^a   Esimone, Charles O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alchornea floribunda; Antiinflammatory; Egg albumeninduced edema; Euphorbiaceae; Membrane stabilization; Stigmastane steroids

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXYL 5ALPHA STIGMASTANE 24 ENE; 5ALPHA STIGMASTANE 23 ENE 3,6 DIONE; 5ALPHA STIGMASTANE 3,6 DIONE; ALCHORNEA FLORIBUNDA EXTRACT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; INDOMETACIN; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCHORNEA FLORIBUNDA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTENONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTES; EUPHORBIACEAE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; XYLENES;

ALCHORNEA FLORIBUNDA; ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 74349090395     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1186032     Document Type: Article

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