Secondary metabolites of Centaurea calolepis and evaluation of cnicin for anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities
Articles > Article · 2011
Authors: Şüra BAYKAN, Canan KARAALP, ERDAL BEDİR, Hanspeter KAEHLİG, Sabine GLASL, Shabana Khan, Liselotte KRENN
PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2011, vol 49, pp 840-849
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.551538
Summary
Objective: Secondary metabolite determination, isolation and structure elucidation of pure compounds were performed on C. calolepis. Cnicin, which is the main component of several Centaurea species, was tested for its in vitro anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities.