Evaluation of Antioxidant Capacity and Synergistic Associations of Quinonemethide Triterpenes and Phenolic Substances from Maytenus ilicifolia (Celastraceae)

This work describes the isolation of the secondary metabolites identified as the quinonemethides maytenin (1) and pristimerin (2) from Maytenus ilicifolia extracts obtained from root barks of adult plants and roots of seedlings and their quantification by high performance liquid chromatography coupl...

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Main Authors: Ian Castro-Gamboa, Vânia Aparecida de Freitas Formenton Macedo dos Santos, Maysa Furlan, Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni, Daniela Pereira dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-10-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/10/6956/