Gracilariopsis persica from Persian Gulf Contains Bioactive sterols

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 845-849

  Saeidnia, Soodabeh ^a   Permeh, Parisa ^b   Gohari, Ahmad Reza ^a   Mashinchian Moradi, Ali ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

22 dehydrocholesterol; Cholesterol; Cytotoxicity; Fucosterol; Gracilariopsis Persica

Indexed keywords

22 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BERBERINE; CHOLESTEROL; FUCOSTEROL; METHANOL; SEPHADEX; SILICA GEL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL DERIVATIVE; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GRACILARIOPSIS PERSICA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84865195665     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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