A preliminary investigation of the Jack-bean urease inhibition by randomly selected traditionally used herbal medicine

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 831-837

  Biglar, Mahmood ^a   Soltani, Khadijeh ^a   Nabati, Farzaneh ^a   Bazl, Roya ^a   Mojab, Faraz ^b   Amanlou, Massoud ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Herbal extract; Indophenol method; Inhibitor; Lead discovery; Urease

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CAMELIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; INDOPHENOL; MATRICARIA DISCIFORME EXTRACT; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PUNICA GRANATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME INHIBITION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERBAL MEDICINE; IC 50; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84865196667     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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