Sapwood of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) as a potential source of bioactive compounds

Records of Natural Products

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-229

  Custódio, Luísa ^a   Escapa, Ana Luísa ^a   Patarra, João ^a   Aligué, Rosa ^b   Alberício, Fernando ^b,c,d   Neng, Nuno Rosa ^e   Florêncio Nogueira, José Manuel ^e   Romano, Anabela ^a  

^a Centre of Genomics and Biotechnology (IBB CGB)   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cytotoxic; Gentisic acid; Phenolic compounds; ROS

Indexed keywords

BUTYLCRESOL; CATECHIN; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; CHALCONE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; EPICATECHIN; GALLIC ACID; GENTISIC ACID; HOT WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KAEMPFEROL; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RUTOSIDE; SYRINGIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; EVERGREEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CERATONIA SILIQUA;

EID: 84878435136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13076167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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