Cholinesterase inhibitory and antioxidant properties of verbascum mucronatum lam. and its secondary metabolites

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 65 C, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 667-674

  Kahramana, Cigdem ^a   Irem Tatlib, I ^a   Orhanc, Ilkay Erdogan ^b   Akdemira, Zeliha S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cholinesterase inhibition; Verbascum

Indexed keywords

VERBASCUM;

EID: 79151486798     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2010-11-1206     Document Type: Article

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