Composition and anti-oxidant, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory activities of Artemisia herba-alba, Ruta chalpensis L. and Peganum harmala L.

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-208

  Khlifi, Daycem ^a,b,c,d   Sghaier, Rabiaa Manel ^c,d   Amouri, Sameh ^c,d   Laouini, Dhafer ^c,d   Hamdi, Mokhtar ^b   Bouajila, Jalloul ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Anti oxidant activity; Anticancer activity; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHANOL; NITRITE; PEGANUM HARMALA EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; RUTA CHALPENSIS EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MOUSE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; PEGANUM HARMALA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RUTA CHALPENSIS; RUTACEAE; TUNISIA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMISIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; PEGANUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUTA;

EID: 84873276878     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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