Assessment of the content of phenolics and antioxidant actions of the Rubiaceae, Ebenaceae, Celastraceae, Erythroxylaceae and Sterculaceae families of Mauritian endemic plants

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-56

  Soobrattee, Muhammad A ^a   Bahorun, Theeshan ^a   Neergheen, Vidushi S ^a   Googoolye, Kreshna ^a   Aruoma, Okezie I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopharmaceuticals; Chronic neurodegenerative diseases; Complimentary medicine; Flavonoids, Antioxidants; Functional food science; Mauritian endemic plants; Medicinal plants; Rubiaceae, Ebenaceae, Phenolics

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASSINE ORIENTALIS; CELASTRACEAE; CHASSALIA CORIANCEA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COFFEA MACROCARPA; COFFEE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIOSPYROS MELLANIDA; EBENACEAE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; ERYTHROXYLUM SIDEROXYLOIDES; IC 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAURITIUS; NONHUMAN; PERSIMMON; PLANT; RUBIACEAE; STERCULACEAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATTLE; CELASTRACEAE; EBENACEAE; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; GALLIC ACID; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAURITIUS; MICROSOMES, LIVER; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RUBIACEAE; STERCULIACEAE;

CASSINE; CELASTRACEAE; CHASSALIA; COFFEA; DIOSPYROS; EBENACEAE; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; ERYTHROXYLUM; MACROCARPA; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 37249059380     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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