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Antithrombin activity of medicinal plants from central Florida
Natalya Chistokhodova1, Chi Nguyen, Tony Calvino
1Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|June 18, 2002
Abstract:
A chromogenic bioassay was utilized to determine the antithrombin activity of methylene chloride and methanol extracts prepared from 30 plants of central Florida. Extracts of Ardisia crenata, Tetrapanax papyriferus, Lagerstroemia indica, Callistemon lanceolatus, Antigonon Leptopus, Magnolia virginiana, and Myrica cerifera demonstrated activity of 80% or higher in this bioassay system.