Study on chemical composition, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial activities of extracts from Chinese pear fruit (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3673-3679

  Li, Xia ^a   Zhang, Junying ^a,b   Gao, Wenyuan ^a   Wang, Haiyang ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Anti microbial properties; Flavonoids; Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

2BETA,19ALPHA DIHYDROXY URSOLIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALPHA AMYRIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BUTANOL; CARRAGEENAN; DAUCOSTEROL; DEXAMETHASONE; DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; EVANS BLUE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PETROLEUM ETHER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRUS BRETSCHNEIDERI EXTRACT; QUERCITRIN; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; URSOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; EAR EDEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PYRUS; PYRUS BRETSCHNEIDERI; RAT; SOLVENT EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; EDEMA; FRUIT; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRUS; RATS; XYLENES;

PYRUS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA; PYRUS X BRETSCHNEIDERI; RATTUS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 84865528998     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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