Free radical scavenging potential of Saussarea costus

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-304

  Pandey, Madan Mohan ^a   Govindarajan, Raghavan ^a   Rawat, Ajay Kumar Singh ^a   Pushpangadan, Palpu ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorogenic acid; Lipid peroxidation; Saussurea costus (Asteraceae) antioxidant

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAUSSAREA COSTUS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT ROOT; RAT; SAUSSAREA COSTUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 27144557522     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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