Secondary metabolites of ponderosa lemon (Citrus pyriformis) and their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic activities

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 66 C, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 385-393

  Hamdan, Dalia ^a,b   El Readi, Mahmoud Zaki ^a   Tahrani, Ahmad ^a   Herrmann, Florian ^a   Kaufmann, Dorothea ^a   Farrag, Nawal ^b   El Shazly, Assem ^b   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory properties; Antioxidant; Limonoids

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; RUTACEAE;

EID: 79961225368     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2011-7-810     Document Type: Article

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