14-deoxyandrographolide (DA) and 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide (DDA) are two diterpenoids isolated from A. paniculata, a popular folk medicine used as an antihypertensive drug in Malaysia. We have previously reported that DDA exhibited a greater hypotensive effect in anaesthetized rats and
Techniques for quantifying effects of dietary antioxidants on transcription factor translocation and nitric oxide production in cultured cells
✍ Scribed by B. A. Ewins; M. Vassiliadou; A. M. Minihane; G. H. Rimbach; P. D. Weinberg
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 429 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1555-8932
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