Antioxidant activity of extracts of Portuguese shrubs: Pterospartum tridentatum, Cytisus scoparius and Erica spp.

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 886-893

  Luís, Ângelo ^a   Domingues, Fernanda ^a   Gil, Cristina ^a   Duarte, Ana Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Phenolics; Vegetal extracts

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS EXTRACT; ERICA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROSPARTUM TRIDENTATUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ERICA; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PTEROSPARTUM TRIDENTATUM; SHRUB;

CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; ERICA; PTEROSPARTUM TRIDENTATUM;

EID: 73649106940     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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