Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of the extracts of the flowers of the Chinese plant Chimonanthus praecox

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1363-1367

  Lv, Jin Shun ^a,b   Zhang, Li Li ^a   Chu, Xiao Zhong ^a   Zhou, Jian Feng ^a  

^a HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Eco Agricultural Biotechnology Around Hongze Lake   (China)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; antioxidant activity; extracts; flower of Chimonanthus praecox

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; SPATHULENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CALYCANTHACEAE; FLOWERS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CHIMONANTHUS PRAECOX;

EID: 84864059112     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2011.602828     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Abdel-Hameed, ESS. 2009. Total phenolic contents and free radical scavenging activity of certain Egyptian Ficus species leaf samples. Food Chemistry, 114: 1271-1277.
2. Editorial Committee of Flora China Nica of the Academy of Sciences of China (1979). Flora China Nica (Vol. 30 (2), pp. 258-265). Beijing: Science Press
3. Espin, JC. 2000. Soler-Rivas, C., & Wichers, H.J.,. Characterization of the total free radical scavenger capacity of vegetable oils and oil fractions using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 48, 648-56
4. Murias, M, Jger, W, Handler, N, Erker, T, Horvath, Z, Szekeres, T, Nohl, H, and, Gille, L. 2005. Antioxidant, prooxidant and cytotoxic activity of hydroxylated resveratrol analogues: structure-activity relationship. Biochemical Pharmacology, 69: 903-912.
5. Priyadarsini, KI, Maity, DK, Naik, GH, Kumar, MS, Unnikrishnan, MK, Satav, JG, and, Mohan, H. 2003. Role of phenolic O-H and methylene hydrogen on the free radical reactions and antioxidant activity of curcumin. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 35: 475-484.
6. Tepe, B, Daferera, D, Tepe, A-S, Polissiou, M, and, Sokmen, A. 2007. Antioxidant activity of the essential oil and various extracts of Nepeta flavida Hub.-Mor. from Turkey. Food Chemistry, 103 (4): 1358-1364.
7. Wanvimol, P, Garry, RB, and, Suwabun, C. 2010. Chitosan gallate as a novel potential polysaccharide antioxidant an EPR study. Carbohydrate Research, 345: 132-140.