Butein imparts free radical scavenging, anti-oxidative and proapoptotic properties in the flower extracts of Butea monosperma

Biocell

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 63-71

  Sehrawat, Anuradha ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Butrin; Cytotoxicity; Free radical scavenging; Hepatoprotection; Methanol extract

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; BUTANOL; BUTEA MONOSPERMA EXTRACT; BUTEIN; BUTRIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SILIBININ; SILYMARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ANTIOXIDANT; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BUTEA; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY;

BUTEA MONOSPERMA; FABACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BUTEA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHALCONES; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84871861527     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: 16675746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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