Antioxidant activity measured in different solvent fractions obtained from Mentha spicata Linn.: An analysis by ABTS.+ decolorization assay

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-124

  Arumugam, Ponnan ^a   Ramamurthy, Perumal ^a   Santhiya, Sathiyavedu Thyagarajan ^a   Ramesh, Arabandi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

ABTS radical cation; Antioxidant activity; Mentha spicata; Phenolics; Relative antioxidant activity; Solvent fraction

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZINO DI (3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE) 6 SULFONIC ACID; 2,2'-AZINO-DI-(3-ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE)-6-SULFONIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FREE RADICAL; SCAVENGER; SOLVENT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENTHA SPICATA; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MENTHA SPICATA; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS; SULFONIC ACIDS;

BETA (ANGIOSPERM); LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA;

EID: 33644777515     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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