Antioxidant activity of flavonoids from Solanum melongena

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 393-396

  Sudheesh, S ^a   Sandhya, C ^a   Koshy, Asha Sarah ^a   Vijayalakshmi, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Catalase; Conjugated dienes; Flavonoid; Glutathione; Hydroperoxides; Malondialdehyde

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROPEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; SOLANUM MELONGENA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLANACEAE;

ANIMALIA; MELONGENA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0032797017     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199908/09)13:5<393::AID-PTR474>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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