Aqueous solubility and degradation kinetics of the phytochemical anticancer thymoquinone; probing the effects of solvents, pH and light

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5925-5939

  Salmani, Jumah Masoud M ^a,b   Asghar, Sajid ^a,c   Lv, Huixia ^a   Zhou, Jianping ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Degradation kinetics; Phytochemical; Solubility; Stability; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; THYMOQUINONE;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG STABILITY; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIGHT; NEOPLASMS; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZOQUINONES; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84901411648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules19055925     Document Type: Article

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