Hepatoprotective activities of curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin

Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-147

  Cheon, Ho Jun ^a   Park, Jin Goo ^a   Kim, Yeong Shik ^b   Kang, Sam Sik ^b   Cai, Xing Fu ^c   Lee, Jung Joon ^c   Lee, Sun Mee ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bisdemethoxycurcumin; Curcuma long L.; Curcumin; Demethoxycurcumin; Hepatoprotective activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749136260     PISSN: 02533073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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