Antioxidant activity of some polyphenol constituents of the medicinal plant Phyllanthus amarus Linn

Redox Report

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Londhe, Jayant S ^a   Devasagayam, Thomas P A ^b   Foo, L Yeap ^c   Ghaskadbi, Saroj S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hydrolysable tannins; In vitro antioxidant assay; Phyllanthus amarus

Indexed keywords

1 GALLOYL 2,3 DEHYDROHEXANEHYDROXYDIPHENYL GLUCOSE; 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2 AZOBIS 3 ETHYLBENZTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID; AMARIIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CORILAGIN; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; GERANIIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOQUERCITRIN; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUSIIN D; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; REPANDUSINIC ACID; RUTOSIDE; SCAVENGER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHYLLANTHUS; PLASMID; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; WISTAR RAT;

PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; PHENOLS; PHYLLANTHUS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 55549140534     PISSN: 13510002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/135100008X308984     Document Type: Article

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