Antioxidant properties of extracts from Alchornea laxiflora (Benth) Pax and Hoffman

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 713-716

  Farombi, E Olatunde ^a,b   Ogundipe, Oluyemisi O ^a   Uhunwangho, E Samuel ^a   Adeyanju, Mary A ^a   Moody, J Olarenwaju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alchornea laxiflora; Antioxidants; Flavonoids; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

2,2 AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); 2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; ALCHORNEA LAXIFLORA EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE LINOLEATE; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; FERROUS ION; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON THIOCYANATE; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCHORNEA LAXIFLORA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRESERVATION; LD 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MODEL; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BETA CAROTENE; EUPHORBIACEAE; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROSOMES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFONIC ACIDS; THIOCYANATES;

ALCHORNEA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0042511992     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1050     Document Type: Article

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