Superoxide-scavenging and prolyl endopeptidase inhibitory activities of Bangladeshi indigenous medicinal plants

Authors
Khanom, F Kayahara, H Tadasa, K
Citation
F. Khanom et al., Superoxide-scavenging and prolyl endopeptidase inhibitory activities of Bangladeshi indigenous medicinal plants, BIOS BIOT B, 64(4), 2000, pp. 837-840
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
09168451 → ACNP
Volume
64
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
837 - 840
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(200004)64:4<837:SAPEIA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The superoxide-scavenging and prolyl endopeptidase (PEP) inhibitory activit ies of 15 different kinds of Bangladeshi medicinal plants were evaluated. M ethanol extraction was performed for the screening tests. Swertia chirata, Emblica officinalis, Zingiber offiinale and Myristica malabarica were scree ned as superoxide-scavenging samples. Similarly, E. officinalis was identif ied as one of the strongest PEP inhibitory samples. The 50% O-2(-)-scavengi ng and PEP-inhibitory concentrations from E. officinalis methanol extracts were found to be 13.17 and 26.10 mu g/ml, respectively.