Terpene compounds in nature: A review of their potential antioxidant activity

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 5319-5341

  Gonzalez Burgos E ^a   Gomez Serranillos M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Diseases; Nature; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Scavenging; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA CHLOROHYDRIN; AUCUBIN; BISABOLOL; BORNEOL; CARNOSIC ACID; CARVACROL; CATALPOL; COSTUNOLIDE; EUGENOL; FARNESOL; GERANIOL; GUAIAZULENE; GUAIOL; HARPAGIDE; HUPERZINE A; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LOGANIN; MORRONISIDE; NEROL; PERILLIC ACID; PERILLYL ALCOHOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SABINENE; SAFRANAL; SUPEROXIDE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOASSAY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG STRUCTURE; EYE PROTECTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLATYCODON; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TERPENES;

EID: 84870429271     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712803833335     Document Type: Review

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