Chemical constituents and biological activity of chinese medicinal herb Xihuangcao

Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 720-729

  Lin, Lianzhu ^a   Dong, Yi ^a   Yang, Bao ^b   Zhao, Mouming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Antitumour; Ceramides; Chinese folk medicine; Cold tea; Diterpenoids; Essential oil; Food industry; Immunosuppressive; Pharmacy; Phenolics; Triterpenoids; Xihuangcao

Indexed keywords

ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAFFEIC ACID; CIRSIMARITIN; DITERPENOID; ENMENIN; ESCULETIN; GERARDIANIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOQUERCETIN; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; LOPHANTHIODIN A; LOPHANTHIODIN B; LOPHANTHIODIN C; LOPHANTHIODIN D; LOPHANTHIODIN E; LOPHANTHIODIN F; LOPHANTOSIDE A; METHYL ROSMARINATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; ROSMARINIC ACID; RUTOSIDE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLECYSTITIS; DYSENTERY; ENTERITIS; INJURY; ISODON; ISODON LOPHANTHOIDES; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XIHUANGCAO;

DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ISODON; ISODON LOPHANTHOIDES;

EID: 79961087762     PISSN: 13862073     EISSN: 18755402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138620711796504352     Document Type: Review

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