Phytochemical studies and antioxidant properties of four medicinal plants used in Cameroon

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-500

  Biapa, Prosper Cabral N ^a   Agbor, Gabriel A ^a,b   Oben, Julius E ^a   Ngogang, Jeanne Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Med Plants/Traditional Med Res C   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DPPH; Folin; FRAP; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; AMPHIMAS PTEROCAROIDES EXTRACT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CUSSONIA BARTERI EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHANOL; MYRIANTHUS ARBOREUS EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIMAS PTEROCAROIDES; ANEMIA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSSONIA BARTERI; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SCREENING; HARUNGANA MADAGASCARIENSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYRIANTHUS ABOREUS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34848917581     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v4i4.31243     Document Type: Article

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