Vitex agnus-castus L. essential oil increases human erythrocyte membrane fluidity

Journal of Medical Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-227

  Ajdžanović, Vladimir ^a   Spasojević, Ivan ^b   Pantelić, Jasmina ^a   Sǒšić Jurjević, Branka ^a   Filipović, Branko ^a   Milošević, Verica ^a   Severs, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EPR; erythrocytes; membrane fluidity; Vac essential oil

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPENOID;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 84861895106     PISSN: 14528258     EISSN: 14528266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10011-011-0055-x     Document Type: Article

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