In vitro evaluation of antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of rhodiola imbricata

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gupta, Vanita ^a,d   Lahiri, Sutanshu S ^b   Sultana, Sarwat ^c   Tulsawani, Rajkumar ^a   Kumar, Ratan ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d DRDO   (India)

Author keywords

Rhodiola imbricata < em>; DPPH radical; Lipid peroxidation; Superoxide scavenging; Total flavonoid content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BUTYLCRESOL; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; QUERCETIN; RHODIOLA EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON CHELATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHIZOME; RHODIOLA; RHODIOLA IMBRICATA;

EID: 67249098862     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1235     Document Type: Article

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