Antioxidative and free radical scavenging activities of some plants used in Thai folk medicine

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-228

  Hutadilok Towatana, N ^a   Chaiyamutti, P ^a   Panthong, K ^a   Mahabusarakam, W ^a   Rukachaisirikul, V ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Angiopteris evecta; Antioxidants; Citrus hystrix; Free radical scavenging activity; Laurentia longiflora; Nelumbo nucifera; Piper sarmentosum; Portulaca oleracea; Stachytarphera indica

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZOBIS(2 AMIDINOPROPANE); ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA EXTRACT; BLEOMYCIN; BUTYLCRESOL; CITRUS HYSTRIX EXTRACT; DEOXYRIBOSE; DNA; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LAURENTIA LONGIFLORA EXTRACT; METHANOL; NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT; PIPER SARMENTOSUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PORTULACA OLERACEA EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; STACHYTARPHERA INDICA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CITRUS HYSTRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LAURENTIA LONGIFLORA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIPER SARMENTOSUM; PLANT LEAF; PORTULACA OLERACEA; STACHYTARPHERA INDICA; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANGIOPTERIS EVECTA; CAMPANULACEAE; CITRUS HYSTRIX; HIPPOBROMA LONGIFLORA; MARATTIACEAE; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NELUMBONACEAE; PIPER SARMENTOSUM; PIPERACEAE; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; RUTACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 33745699411     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600685592     Document Type: Article

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