Anti-oxidative and cholinesterase inhibitory effects of leaf extracts and their isolated compounds from two closely related Croton species

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1916-1932

  Ndhlala, Ashwell R ^a   Aderogba, Mutalib A ^a,b   Ncube, Bhekumthetho ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

carotene linoleic; Acetylcholinesterase; Antioxidant activity; Croton gratissimus; Croton zambesicus; DPPH; Euphorbiaceae; FRAP; Phospholipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CROTON; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT LEAF;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CROTON; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874632062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18021916     Document Type: Article

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