Antioxidant properties of germinated fenugreek seeds

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 977-983

  Dixit, Priyanjali ^a   Ghaskadbi, Saroj ^a   Mohan, Hari ^b   Devasagayam, Thomas P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant properties; Germinated fenugreek; TBARS, lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZOBIS 3 ETHYLBENZTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; FERRYLMYOGLOBIN; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; FENUGREEK; GERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT SEED; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GERMINATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TRIGONELLA;

TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 29244478600     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1769     Document Type: Article

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