Biological activities of a new compound isolated from the aerial parts of Vitex agnus castus L.

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 53, 2010, Pages 9063-9069

  Ahmad, Bashir ^a   Azam, Sadiq ^a   Bashir, Shumaila ^a   Adhikari, Achyut ^b   Choudhary, M Iqbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Chymotrypsin; Vitex agnus castus; Vitexcarpan urease

Indexed keywords

CHYMOSTATIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; INDOMETACIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; VITEXCARPAN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE BOND CORRELATION; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 79951571035     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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