In vitro antioxidant activity of Polygonium hyrcanicum, Centaurea depressa, Sambucus ebulus, Mentha spicata and Phytolacca americana

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 637-640

  Hosseinimehr, Seyed Jalal ^a   Pourmorad, Fereshteh ^a   Shahabimajd, Naghi ^a   Shahrbandy, Kami ^a   Hosseinzadeh, Rasa ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DPPH; Flavonoids; Iranian plants; Phenols

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DEPRESSA; MENTHA SPICATA; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; POLYGONIUM; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS EBULUS;

EID: 33947123712     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.637.640     Document Type: Article

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