Sesquiterpene lactone! a promising antioxidant, anticancer and moderate antinociceptive agent from Artemisia macrocephala jacquem

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shoaib, Mohammad ^a   Shah, Ismail ^a   Ali, Niaz ^b   Adhikari, Achyut ^c   Tahir, Muhammad Nawaz ^d   Shah, Syed Wadood Ali ^a   Ishtiaq, Saiqa ^e   Khan, Jahangir ^a   Khan, Shahzeb ^a   Umer, Mohammad Naveed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

3 T3; ABTS; Anticancer; Artemisia macrocephala; DPPH; HeLa; MCF 7; Sesquiterpene lactone

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ACETIC ACID; ARTEMISIA MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROFORM; DICLOFENAC; INDOMETACIN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTOSIDE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; LACTONE; SESQUITERPENE;

3T3 CELL LINE; ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MACROCEPHALA; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FORMALIN TEST; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELA CELL LINE; MCF-7 CELL LINE; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NONHUMAN; TAIL IMMERSION TEST; WRITHING TEST; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; NIH 3T3 CELL LINE;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMISIA; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LACTONES; MCF-7 CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NIH 3T3 CELLS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 85010190518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1517-y     Document Type: Article

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