Bioactive xanthones from the roots of Hypericum perforatum (common St John's wort)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 428-434

  Crockett, Sara L ^a   Poller, Birgit ^a   Tabanca, Nurhayat ^b   Pferschy Wenzig, Eva Maria ^a   Kunert, Olaf ^a   Wedge, David E ^b   Bucar, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracnose; Anti inflammatory; Colletotrichum; Hypericaceae; Phomopsis; Xanthones

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LIPOXYGENASE; PLANT EXTRACT; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; HYPERICUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FUNGI; HYPERICUM; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LIPOXYGENASE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; XANTHONES;

BOTRYTIS; CLUSIACEAE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; PHOMOPSIS;

EID: 78651067380     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4202     Document Type: Article

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