Antioxidant activity of Chinese medicinal herbs

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 587-595

  Chan, Shun Wan ^a,b   Li, Sha ^a   Kwok, Ching Yee ^a   Benzie, Iris Frances Forster ^a   Szeto, Yim Tong ^a   Guo, De Jian ^b   He, Xiao Ping ^b   Yu, Peter Hoi Fu ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chinese medicinal herbs; Ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP); Free radical scavenging capacity; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CHINESE HERB; CINNAMON; DRUG ISOLATION; PORIA; SANGUISORBA; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

ARECA CATECHU; CINNAMOMI; CINNAMOMUM AROMATICUM; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; TAXILLUS SUTCHUENENSIS;

EID: 51649128652     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802179667     Document Type: Article

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