Natural dibenzo-a-pyrones and their bioactivities

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 5088-5108

  Mao, Ziling ^a   Sun, Weibo ^a   Fu, Linyun ^a   Luo, Haiyu ^a   Lai, Daowan ^a   Zhou, Ligang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

6H benzo c chromen 6 ones; 6H dibenzo b,d pyran 6 ones; Biological activities; Dibenzo a pyranones; Dibenzo a pyrones

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FUNGUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BENZOPYRANS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FECES; FUNGI; HUMANS; PLANTS; PYRONES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84899547040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules19045088     Document Type: Review

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