In vitro antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of Diospyros lotus and Pyrus boissieriana growing in Iran

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 122-126

  Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^a   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^a   Fazelian, Mojtaba ^a   Eslami, Bahman ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Diospyros lotus; Free radical scavenging; Pyrus boissieriana

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; CHELATING AGENT; DIOSPYROS LOTUS EXTRACT; FERROUS ION; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRUS BOISSIERIANA EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIOSPYROS LOTUS; DRUG DETERMINATION; FRUIT; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IRAN; IRON CHELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PEAR; PEROXIDATION; PERSIMMON; PYRUS BOISSIERIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; PLANT GROWTH;

EID: 74049093631     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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