Lupeol: An antioxidant triterpene in Ficus pseudopalma Blanco (Moraceae)

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Librado A Santiago, Anna Beatriz R Mayor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014
• Subjects: Antioxidant; Oxidative stress; Free radical scavenging; Reducing power; Phenolic acids; Ficus pseudopalma Blanco; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Blanco; Fenton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2221-1691(14)60218-5; https://doaj.org/article/a2ae2c827b144e0988190fe9bc73c477

Objective: To assess the antioxidant activity of Ficus pseudopalma Blanco (Moraceae) (F. pseudopalma) and characterize the active components present in it. Methods: Column chromatography of crude ethanol leaf extract of F. pseudopalma was performed and seven fractions were obtained, labeled as F1, F...