Estimation of cholinesterase inhibitory and antioxidant effects of the leaf extracts of anatolian Ficus carica var. domestica and their total phenol and flavonoid contents

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-378

  Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan ^a   Üstün, Osman ^a   Şener, Bilge ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cholinesterase inhibition; Ficus carica; Fig; Moraceae; Total flavonoid; Total phenol

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETONE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; HEXANE; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; DRUG SCREENING; FICUS CARICA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

FICUS CARICA; MORACEAE;

EID: 79955782910     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600315     Document Type: Article

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