Investigation of Bolivian plant extracts for their radical scavenging activity and antioxidant activity

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1667-1681

  Parejo, Irene ^a   Viladomat, Francesc ^a   Bastida, Jaume ^a   Rosas Romero, Alfredo ^b   Saavedra, Gloria ^c   Murcia, M Antonia ^d   Jiménez, Antonia M ^d   Codina, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Asteraceae; Bolivia; Oxidative stability; Plant extracts; Radical scavenging activity; Rancimat; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIOXIDANT; BACCHARIS PENTLANDII EXTRACT; BACCHARIS PLATYPODA EXTRACT; BETA CAROTENE; CHROMOLAENA TUNARIENSE EXTRACT; ERECHTITES HIERACIFOLIUS EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; HYPOXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; LUMINOL; MIKANIA PSILOSTACHYA EXTRACT; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUCHEA SAGITTALIS EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; TAGETES MAXIMA EXTRACT; TESSARIA FASTIGIATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WULFFIA BACCATA EXTRACT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BABESIA; BACCHARIS PENTLANDII; BACCHARIS PLATYPODA; BLEACHING; BOLIVIA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMOLAENA TUNARIENSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERECHTITES HIERACIFOLIUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIKANIA PSILOSTACHYA; OXIDATION; PLUCHEA SAGITTALIS; TAGETES MAXIMA; TESSARIA FASTIGIATA; WULFFIA BACCATA;

ASTERACEAE;

EID: 0038784451     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00488-0     Document Type: Article

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