Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of H. officinalis L. var. angustifolius, V. odorata, B. hyrcana and C. speciosum

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^a   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a,b   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^a   Bahramian, Fatemeh ^c   Bekhradnia, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; B. hyrcana; C. speciosum; DPPH; H. officinalis; V. odorata

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUXUS HYRCANA EXTRACT; COLCHICUM EXTRACT; COLCHICUM SPECIOSUM EXTRACT; FERROUS ION; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLA ODORATA EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON CHELATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BUXUS; COLCHICUM; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LAMIACEAE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; VIOLA;

EID: 75649152865     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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