Open AccessA new octadecenoic acid derivative from Caesalpinia gilliesii flowers with potent hepatoprotective activity
Author(s) -
Samir M. Osman,
Alaadin E. El-Haddad,
Mohamed A. El Raey,
Soad M. Abd El-Khalik,
Mahmoud A. Koheil,
Michael Wink
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.185752
Subject(s) - chemistry , dichloromethane , traditional medicine , glutathione , chromatography , biochemistry , solvent , medicine , enzyme
Caesalpinia gilliesii Hook is an ornamental shrub with showy yellow flowers. It was used in folk medicine due to its contents of different classes of secondary metabolites. In our previous study, dichloromethane extract of C. gilliesii flowers showed a good antioxidant activity.