Acute toxicity and antioxydant property of Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth (Scrophulariaceae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 919-922

  Kiendrebeogo, Martin ^a   Dijoux Franca, Marie Geneviève ^b   Lamien, Charles Euloge ^a   Meda, Aline ^a   Wouessidjewe, Denis ^b   Nacoulma, Odile Germaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie   (France)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Antioxidant; Luteolin; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; APIGENIN; FLAVANOID; LUTEOLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; STRIGA HERMONTHICA EXTRACT; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHAL DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WITCHWEED;

SCROPHULARIACEAE; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 24944457116     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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