Chemical constituents and antihistamine activity of Bixa orellana leaf extract.

• Main Authors: Yong, Yoke Keong, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin, Abdul Kadir, Arifah, Somchit, Muhammad Nazrul, Cheng, Gwendoline Lian Ee, Ahmad, Zuraini
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25551/1/Chemical%20constituents%20and%20antihistamine%20activity%20of%20Bixa%20orellana%20leaf%20extract.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25551/

Bixa orellana L. has been traditionally used in Central and South America to treat a number of ailments, including internal inflammation, and in other tropical countries like Malaysia as treatment for gastric ulcers and stomach discomfort. The current study aimed to determine the major chemical cons...