Effect of extraction solvent/technique on the antioxidant activity of selected medicinal plant extracts

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2167-2180

  Sultana, Bushra ^a   Anwar, Farooq ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Extraction effect; Medicinal plants; Total flavonoids; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS;

EID: 67649836502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14062167     Document Type: Article

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