Phenolic compounds from Achillea millefolium L. and their bioactivity

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-209

  Vitalini, Sara ^a   Beretta, Giangiacomo ^a   Iriti, Marcello ^a   Orsenigo, Simone ^a   Basilico, Nicoletta ^a   Dall'Acqua, Stefano ^b   Iorizzi, Maria ^c   Fico, Gelsomina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Antioxidant power; Antiplasmodial activity; Asteraceae; Dicaffeoylquinic acids; Flavonol glycosides

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROGENIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

ACHILLEA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PLANT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ACHILLEA; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUINIC ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTERACEAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79960143819     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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