Antioxidant and free radical scavenging potential of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. methanolic fruit extract

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Jusha, Man ^a   Saroha, Kamal ^a   Singh, Nidhan ^a   Vashishta, Bhoodev ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Citrullus colocynthis fruit; Cucurbitaceae; Free radical scavenging; Methanolic extract

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ABORTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; COLOCYNTH; FLAVONOID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CUCUMBER; DRUG SCREENING; MEDICINAL PLANT;

EID: 44649086703     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10007-008-0008-1     Document Type: Article

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