Antiinflammatory sesquiterpenes from the root oil of Ferula hermonis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 774-777

  Geroushi, Afaf ^a   Auzi, Abdurazag A ^a   Elhwuegi, Abdalla Salem ^a   Elzawam, Fawzi ^b   Elsherif, Akram ^b   Nahar, Lutfun ^c   Sarker, Satyajit D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Biotechnology Research Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antiinflammatory; Apiaceae; carrageenan; Ferula hermonis; ferutinin; teferidin; teferin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; FERUTININ; TEFERIDIN; TEFERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FENNEL; FERULA HERMONIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT ROOT; RAT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APHRODISIACS; BENZOATES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CARRAGEENAN; CYCLOHEPTANES; EDEMA; FEMALE; FERULA; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SESQUITERPENES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VANILLIC ACID;

APIACEAE; FERULA HERMONIS; RATTUS;

EID: 79955532131     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3324     Document Type: Article

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