Antioxidant and antiproliferative activity of Hypericum hircinum L. subsp. majus (Aiton) N. Robson essential oil

Natural Product Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 862-868

  Quassinti, Luana ^a   Lupidi, Giulio ^a   Maggi, Filippo ^a   Sagratini, Gianni ^a   Papa, Fabrizio ^a   Vittori, Sauro ^a   Bianco, Armandodoriano ^b   Bramucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; antiproliferative activity; essential oil; Guttiferae; Hypericum hircinum L. subsp. majus (Aiton) N. Robson

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2 AZINO BIS(3 ETHYLBENZTHIAZOLINE 6 SULPHONIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; CARYOPHYLLENE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROCARBON; RADICAL; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM HIRCINUM; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; PICRATES; SULFONIC ACIDS;

CLUSIACEAE; HYPERICUM HIRCINUM;

EID: 84879199208     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2012.677044     Document Type: Article

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