Screening of thirteen medicinal plant extracts for antioxidant activity

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-154

  Souri, Effat ^a   Amin, Gholamreza ^b   Farsam, Hassan ^a   Jalalizadeh, Hassan ^a   Barezi, Saba ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DPPH; Free radical; Linoleic acid; Medicinal plant; Radical scavenging

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA TENUIFOLIA EXTRACT; ALLIUM HIRTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASTRAGALUS HAMOSUS EXTRACT; BIEBRESTEINIA MULTIFIDA EXTRACT; CITRULUS COLOCYNTHIS EXTRACT; COLCHICUM SPECIOSUM EXTRACT; CURCUMA ZEDOARIA EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPODIUM VULGARE EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SALIX EXTRACT; SALVADORA PERSICA EXTRACT; SALVIA HYDRANGEA EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ACHILLEA TENUIFOLIA; ALLIUM HIRTIFOLIUM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS HAMOSUS; BIEBRESTEINIA MULTIFIDA; CITRULUS COLOCYNTHIS; COLCHICUM SPECIOSUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; IC 50; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; POLYPODIUM VULGARE; SALVADORA PERSICA; SALVIA HYDRANGEA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 69749105442     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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