Screening seeds of some Scottish plants for free radical scavenging activity

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 615-621

  Kumarasamy, Yashodharan ^a   Byres, Maureen ^a   Cox, Philip J ^a   Jaspars, Marcel ^b   Nahar, Lutfun ^b   Sarker, Satyajit D ^c  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; DPPH assay; Free radical scavenger; Scottish plants

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA EXTRACT; ALLIARIA PETIOLATA EXTRACT; ALNUS GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; ANGELICA SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; ARMERIA MARITIMA EXTRACT; BERBERIS VULGARIS EXTRACT; CENTAUREA CYANUS EXTRACT; CENTAUREA MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; CENTAUREA MOSCHATA; CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA EXTRACT; CHRYSANTHEMUM SEGETUM EXTRACT; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; EUONYMUS EUROPAEUS EXTRACT; FRAGARIA VESCA EXTRACT; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR EXTRACT; FUMARIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA EXTRACT; HEXANE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES EXTRACT; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM EXTRACT; MALVA MOSCHATA EXTRACT; MALVA SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PRUNUS PADUS EXTRACT; PRUNUS SPINOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; AGRIMONIA; ALDER; ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; ANEMONE; ANGELICA; ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA; ANGELICA SYLVESTRIS; ANGIOSPERM; ANTHRICUS SYLVESTRIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARMERIA MARITIMA; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; CALLUNA; CARROT; CENTAUREA; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CYTISUS; ETHNOBOTANY; EUONYMUS; FRAXINUS; FUMARIA; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; ILEX; MALVA; OAK; PAPAVER; PARSLEY; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PLANT SEED; PLANTAGO; PLUMBAGINACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PADUS; PRUNUS SPINOSA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RED CLOVER; RESEDACEAE; ROSACEAE; SANICULA; SCOTS PINE; SERRATULA TINCTORIA; STACHYS; STRAWBERRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SCOTLAND; SEEDS;

ALLIARIA PETIOLATA; GLECHOMA HEDERACEA; PRUNUS PADUS; PRUNUS SPINOSA;

EID: 34447537875     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2129     Document Type: Article

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