title: The in vitro effect of dandelions antioxidants on microsomal lipid peroxidation.
abstract: Dandelions have long been used in herbal medicine for their choleretic, diuretic, antiinflammatory, appetite-stimulating and laxative properties. An antioxidant property can be supposed as a basis of their-therapeutic effects. To understand the mechanism of the drug's action, the effects of natural extracts on a microsomal fraction of rat liver were examined. The extracts diminished the enzymatically induced-lipid peroxidation and reduced the cytochrome c with and without NADPH in a concentration dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: II. Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hagymási
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blázovics
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fehér
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lugasi
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Kristó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kéry
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts