The potential medicinal value of plants from Asteraceae family with antioxidant defense enzymes as biological targets

Koc S., Isgor B. S., İşgör Y. G., Moghaddam N. S., Yıldırım Ö.

PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY, vol.53, no.5, pp.746-751, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/13880209.2014.942788
  • Journal Name: PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.746-751
  • Keywords: Antioxidant activity, asteraceae family, catalase, DPPH assay, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase, GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE, NATURAL-PRODUCTS, TUMOR-CELLS, INHIBITION, EXTRACTS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Context: Plants and most of the plant-derived compounds have long been known for their potential pharmaceutical effects. They are well known to play an important role in the treatment of several diseases from diabetes to various types of cancers. Today most of the clinically effective pharmaceuticals are developed from plant-derived ancestors in the history of medicine.