The antioxidant activity of some medicinal plants

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-202

  Jain, Prateek Kumar ^a   Ravichandran, Veerasamy ^a   Sharma, Simant ^a   Agrawal, Ram K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DPPH assay; Lipid peroxidation assay; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 49549090210     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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