Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tyrosinase and phenolic contents of four Podocarpus species used in traditional medicine in South Africa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 496-503

  Abdillahi, H S ^a   Finnie, J F ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Anti tyrosinase; Antioxidant; Podocarpus

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BETA CAROTENE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; LEVODOPA; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS ELONGATUS EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS HENKELII EXTRACT; PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GYMNOSPERMS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS ELONGATUS; PODOCARPUS HENKELII; PODOCARPUS LATIFOLIUS;

EID: 79960296125     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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