Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Senecio aegyptius var. discoideus Boiss

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 144-150

  Hassan, Wafaa ^a   Al youssef, Hanan ^a   Al Gendy, Amal ^b   El Shazely, Assem ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eremophilane Sesquiterpene; Flavonoids; Senecio aegyptius var. discoideus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DIURETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RAT; SENECIO; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIURETICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SENECIO; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ASTERACEAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENECIO AEGYPTIUS;

EID: 84860442258     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2012-3-406     Document Type: Article

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