Investigation of the possible biological activities of a poisonous South African plant; Hyaenanche globosa (Euphorbiaceae)

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Momtaz, Saeideh ^a,c   Lall, Namrita ^a   Hussein, Ahmed ^b   Ostad, Seyed ^c   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibacterial assay; Antioxidant assay; Cytotoxicity; Hyenanche globosa; Hyenanchin; Reactive oxygen species; Tutin

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ARBUTIN; BUTANOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICHLOROMETHANE; DOPA; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; HEXANE; HYENACHIN; ISODIHYDROHYAENANCHINE; KOJIC ACID; MELLITOXIN; METHOTREXATE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TUTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URUSHIOL 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUPHORBIA; FRUIT; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE PARTITIONING; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949430519     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59964     Document Type: Article

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