Free radical scavenging activity and immunomodulatory effect of Stachytarpheta angustifolia leaf extract

Food Chemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1409-1416

  Awah, Francis M ^a,c   Uzoegwu, Peter N ^a   Oyugi, Julius O ^b   Rutherford, John ^b   Ifeonu, Patrick ^a   Yao, Xiao Jian ^b   Fowke, Keith R ^b   Eze, Michael O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free radical scavenging activity; Hyperimmune activation; Stachytarpheta angustifolia extract

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; GALLIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; STACHYTARPHETA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; TANNIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; STACHYTARPHETA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

STACHYTARPHETA;

EID: 70449674251     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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