Antioxidant potency of flavonoids from Vitex agnus-castus L. growing in Turkey

Fabad Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-16

  Kuruüzüm Uz, Ayşe ^a   Güvenalp, Zuhal ^b   Ströch, Karsten ^c   Demirezer, L Ömur ^a   Zeeck, Axel ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2" O trans caffeoylisoorientin; 6" O trans caffeoylisoorientin; Isoorientin; Luteolin 7 O glucoside; Radical scavenging activity; Vitex agnus castus; Verbenaceae; Flavone C and O glycosides

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959414334     PISSN: 13004182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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