Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of plant extracts used in traditional medicine in Mexico

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1886-1893

  Ruiz Teran F ^a   Medrano Martinez A ^a   Navarro Ocana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Mexican plants; Total phenol content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETONE; ANNONA SQUAMOSA EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; HEXANE; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPIUM MACROCARPUM EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANNONA SQUAMOSA; SAPIUM;

EID: 46749126633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2008.000-5034     Document Type: Article

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