Natural Product Sciences
- 제5권4호
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- Pages.165-171
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- 1999
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- 1226-3907(pISSN)
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- 2288-9027(eISSN)
Evaluation of the Antioxidant Potential of Natural Products Mediated by Inhibition of Xanthine Oxidase Activity
- Nam, Kyung-Ae (The Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University) ;
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Lee, Sang-Kook
(The Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University)
- 발행 : 1999.12.01
초록
Since reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in carcinogenesis and other several human diseases, antioxidants present in consumable fruits, vegetables, and beverages have received considerable attention as cancer chemopreventive agents. Thus, in order to identify antioxidants in plant extracts, potential activity was assessed by determining with inhibition of a xanthine/xanthine oxidase assay system. Approximately 170 plant extracts of Korean herbal medicines were primarily evaluated for the potential of antioxidant activity. As a result, 13 plant extracts were found to be active