Evaluation of willow herb's (Epilobium angustofolium L.) antioxidant and radical scavenging capacities

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1242-1245

  Stajner D ^a   Popovic B M ^a   Boza P ^b  

^a Horticulture and Landscape Architecture   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DPPH; Epilobium angustofolium L; FRAP; Lipofuscin pigments

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTOFOLIUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPOFUSCIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ASSAY; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTOFOLIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; WILLOW;

ASCORBIC ACID; EPILOBIUM; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDES;

EPILOBIUM; SALIX;

EID: 37849022716     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2244     Document Type: Article

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