Compounds from Epilobium angustifolium inhibit the specific metallopeptidases ACE, NEP and APN

Planta Medica

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 919-923

  Kiss, Anna ^a   Kowalski, Jozef ^a   Melzig, Matthias F ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Epilobium angustifolium L.; Neutral endopeptidase; Oenothein B; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ELLAGITANNIN; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; OENOTHEIN B; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG USE; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; IC 50; PROSTATE DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIGENS, CD13; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPILOBIUM; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; METALLOPROTEASES; NEPRILYSIN; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM; SALIX;

EID: 7644223162     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-832617     Document Type: Article

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