Antioxidant potential of an extract of Calendula officinalis flowers in vitro and in vivo

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 691-697

  Preethi, K C ^a   Kuttan, Girija ^a   Kuttan, Ramadasan ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant; Calendula officinalis; DPPH; Free radicals; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2 AZO BIS 3 ETHYLBENZTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; AZO COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CATALASE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PLANT EXTRACT; RIBOFLAVIN; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FENTON REACTION; FLOWER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; MARIGOLD; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE;

ASTERACEAE; CALENDULA; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 33751556670     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200601009149     Document Type: Article

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