Antioxidant activity of Catalpa bignonioides

Fitoterapia. 2007 Sep;78(6):437-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2007.03.025. Epub 2007 May 25.

Abstract

Antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts from inflorescence rachises, corollas, calyxes, leaves, valves of capsules and hypertrophied placenta of Catalpa bignonioides by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl reduction (DPPH) and tyrosine nitration inhibition induced by peroxynitrite was tested.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / administration & dosage
  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Antioxidants / therapeutic use
  • Bignoniaceae*
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Flowers
  • Humans
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Picrates / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
  • Plant Leaves
  • Tyrosine / chemistry

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Picrates
  • Plant Extracts
  • Tyrosine
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl