Two new polyphenolic compounds from ficus retusa L."Variegata" and the biological activity of the different plant extracts

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 89-100

  Sarg, Taha M ^a   Abbas, Fawkeya A ^a   El Sayed, Zeinab I ^a   Mustafa, Ahmed M ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory and antimicrobial; Anticancer; Antidiabetic; Antioxidant; Ficus retusa L. "Variegata"; Hepatoprotective; Moraceae; Retusa afzelechin trimer; Retusaphenol

Indexed keywords

[2 HYDROXY 4 METHOXY 1,3 PHENYLENE BIS (4 HYDROXY BENZOATE)]; AFZELECHIN; BETA AMYRIN; CAMPTOTHECIN; CATECHIN; LUTEOLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FICUS; FICUS RETUSA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRIA VARIEGATA; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 80052708713     PISSN: 21412502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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