Phenolic composition and biological activities of Tunisian Nigella sativa L. shoots and roots

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Bourgou, Soumaya ^a   Ksouri, Riadh ^a   Bellila, Amor ^a   Skandrani, Ines ^b   Falleh, Hanen ^a   Marzouk, Brahim ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimutagenic activity; Antiradical activity; Chelating power; Nigella sativa L; Phenolic composition; Reducing power; Roots; Shoots

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHELATING AGENT; METHANOL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; REDUCING AGENT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; VANILLIC ACID;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIOXIDANT; CHELATING AGENT; METHANOL; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SHOOT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRY WEIGHT; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SHOOT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHELATING AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; METHANOL; MUTAGENS; NIGELLA SATIVA; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; TUNISIA; VANILLIC ACID;

NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 37749053336     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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