Free radical scavenging reactions and antioxidant activity of embelin: Biochemical and pulse radiolytic studies

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-134

  Joshi, Ravi ^a   Kamat, J P ^a   Mukherjee, Tulsi ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Embelin; Free radicals; In vitro studies; Lipid peroxidation; Pulse radiolysis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; DEOXYRIBOSE; EMBELIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DEGRADATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBELIA; EMBELIA RIBES; HERB; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOQUINONES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDRAZINES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POTENTIOMETRY; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EMBELIA RIBES; RATTUS;

EID: 33947651075     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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