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

Chemistry

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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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