Antioxidant, antityrosinase, anticholinesterase, and nitric oxide inhibition activities of three Malaysian Macaranga species.

• Main Authors: Mazlan, Nor Aishah, Mediani, Ahmed, Abas, Faridah, Ahmad, Syahida, Shaari, Khozirah, Khamis, Shamsul, Lajis, Nordin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30485/1/Antioxidant%2C%20antityrosinase%2C%20anticholinesterase%2C%20and%20nitric%20oxide%20inhibition%20activities%20of%20three%20Malaysian%20Macaranga%20species..pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30485/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2013/312741/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The methanol extracts of three Macaranga species (M. denticulata, M. pruinosa, and M. gigantea) were screened to evaluate their total phenolic contents and activities as cholinesterase inhibitors, nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitors, tyrosinase inhibitors, and antioxidants. The bark of M. dentic...