Assessment of antioxidant activity of some antileprotic drugs

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 633-637

  Kalpana, T ^a   Karunakar, N ^a   Reddy, M S ^a   Prabhakar, M C ^a   Krishna, D R ^a  

^a KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antileprotics, antioxidant activity, DPPH method; Ascorbic acid; Clofazimine; Dapsone; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD EXTRACT; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0034887799     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1300093     Document Type: Article

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