Radical scavenging and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activities of standardized extracts of Ficus racemosa stem bark

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1839-1843

  Ahmed, Faiyaz ^a   Siddesha, Jalahalli M ^a   Urooj, Asna ^a   Vishwanath, Bannikuppe S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

angiotensin converting enzyme; DPPH; Ficus racemosa; HPLC; IC50

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BERGENIN; BUTYLCRESOL; COUMARIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FERULIC ACID; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; ISOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; KAEMPFEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FICUS RACEMOSA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; IC 50; KIDNEY; LUNG; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BENZOPYRANS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; COUMARIC ACIDS; COUMARINS; FICUS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; KAEMPFEROLS; LUNG; PICRATES; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; SWINE;

FICUS RACEMOSA; MORACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS;

EID: 78649672793     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3205     Document Type: Article

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