In vitro antioxidant activity of ethanolic extract of Chlorophytum borivilianum

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-169

  Govindarajan, R ^a   Sreevidya, N ^a   Vijayakumar, M ^a   Thakur, M ^b   Dixit, V K ^b   Mehrotra, S ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Chlorophytum borivilianum; Fructan; Rasayana; Sapogenin

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM EXTRACT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPOGENIN; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 26944435530     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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