Iron chelating activity, phenol and flavonoid content of some medicinal plants from Iran

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3188-3192

  Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^a   Pourmorad, Fereshteh ^a   Bekhradnia, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Iran herbs; Iron chelating; phenol; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

CRATAEGUS PENTAGYNA EXTRACT; DIOSPYROS LOTUS EXTRACT; EPILOBIUM HIRSUTUM EXTRACT; FEIJOA SELLOWIANA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; MELILOTUS ARVENSIS EXTRACT; PHENOL; PISTACIA LENTISCUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARYA FRAXINIFOLIA EXTRACT; PYRUS BOISSIERANA EXTRACT; SALIVIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; SAMBUCUS EBULUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; IRAN; IRON CHELATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELLILOTUS ARVENSIS; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 52949149344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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