Biological Activity of Lignans from the Seeds of Centaurea scabiosa

Y. Kumarasamy; L. Nahar; P. J. Cox; L. N. Dinan; C. A. Ferguson; D. A. Finnie; Marcel Jaspars; S. D. Sarker

doi:10.1076/phbi.41.3.203.15099

Biological Activity of Lignans from the Seeds of Centaurea scabiosa

Y. Kumarasamy, L. Nahar, P. J. Cox, L. N. Dinan, C. A. Ferguson, D. A. Finnie, Marcel Jaspars, S. D. Sarker

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Abstract

Antibacterial, antioxidant, ecdysteroid agonist/antagonist activities, and general toxicity of two major lignans, matairesinol and matairesinoside, of the seeds of Centaurea scabiosa have been assessed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	203-206
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pharmaceutical Biology
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.41.3.203.15099
Publication status	Published - 2003

Keywords

Centaurea scabiosa
Asteraceae
matairesinol
matairesinoside
brine shrimp lethality bioassay
DPPH assay
checkerboard assay
B-11 bioassay
MOSCHAMINDOLE
BIOASSAY

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Biological Activity of Lignans from the Seeds of Centaurea scabiosa

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