Antioxidant and radical scavenging properties of Malva sylvestris

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 893-896

  DellaGreca, Marina ^a   Cutillo, Francesca ^a   D'Abrosca, Brigida ^b   Fiorentino, Antonio ^b   Pacifico, Severina ^b   Zarrelli, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Malva sylvestris; Phenols; Radical scavenging activity; Secondary metabolites; Sesquiterpene

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 HYDROXY 5,7 MEGASTIGMADIEN 9 ONE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 9,12,13 TRIHYDROXYOCTADECA 10,15 DIENOIC ACID; ANISIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; FERULIC ACID; MALVA SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; METHYL 2 HYDROXYDIHYDROCINNAMATE; N TRANS FERULOYL TYRAMINE; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SCAVENGER; SCOPOLETIN; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLIC ACID; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; PICRIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG ISOLATION; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; CHEMISTRY; ITALY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

MALVA SYLVESTRIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ITALY; MALVA; PICRATES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 70349570146     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400702     Document Type: Article

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