Screening of twenty-four South African Combretum and six Terminalia species (Combretaceae) for antioxidant activites

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-239

  Masoko, P ^a,b   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

2, 2, diphenyl 1 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH); Antioxidant; Combretaceae; Combretum species; Terminalia species

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETONE; COMBRETUM ALBOPUNCTACTUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM APICULATUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM CAFFRUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM CELASTROIDES EXTRACT; COMBRETUM COLLINUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM EDWARDSII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ERYTHROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM HEREROENSE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM IMBERBE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM KRAUSSII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOGGII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM MOLLE EXTRACT; COMBRETUM NELSONII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM PADOIDES EXTRACT; COMBRETUM WOODII EXTRACT; COMBRETUM ZEYHERI EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMINALIA BRACHYSTEMMA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA GAZENSIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA MOLLIS EXTRACT; TERMINALIA PRUNIOIDES EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SAMBESIACA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA SERICEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM ALBOPUNCTACTUM; COMBRETUM APICULATUM; COMBRETUM CAFFRUM; COMBRETUM CELASTROIDES; COMBRETUM COLLINUM; COMBRETUM EDWARDSII; COMBRETUM ERYTHROPHYLLUM; COMBRETUM HEREROENSE; COMBRETUM IMBERBE; COMBRETUM KRAUSSII; COMBRETUM MOGGII; COMBRETUM MOLLE; COMBRETUM NELSONII; COMBRETUM PADOIDES; COMBRETUM WOODII; COMBRETUM ZEYHERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; PLANT LEAF; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BRACHYSTEMMA; TERMINALIA GAZENSIS; TERMINALIA MOLLIS; TERMINALIA PRUNIOIDES; TERMINALIA SAMBESIACA; TERMINALIA SERICEA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 33947216854     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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