Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of different fractions of Anethum graveolens leaves using in vitro models

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 219-233

  Bahramikia, Seifollah ^a   Yazdanparast, Razieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anethum graveolens; Antioxidant potency; Ferric reducing antioxidant power; Lipid peroxidation; Nitric oxide radical scavenging

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; ETHER; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; IRON; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILL; DRUG POTENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

EID: 52649131359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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