Antioxidant activities of the selected plants from the family Euphorbiaceae, Lauraceae, Malvaceae and Balsaminaceae

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1086-1096

  Shahwar, Durre ^a   Shafiq ur Rehman, ^a   Ahmad, Naeem ^a   Ullah, Sami ^a   Raza, Muhammad Asam ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant assays; Balsaminaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Lauraceae; Malvaceae; Medicinal plants; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ABUTILON BIDENTATUM EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; CHROZOPHORA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA ROYLEANA EXTRACT; IMPATIENS BICOLOR EXTACT; IMPATIENS EDGEWORTHII EXTRACT; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; REAGENT; RICINUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUTILON BIDENTATUM; ANGIOSPERM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BALSAMINACEAE; CHROZOPHORA TINCTORIA; CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ROYLEANA; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS BICOLOR; IMPATIENS EDGEWORTHII; JATROPHA; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

ABUTILON; BALSAMINACEAE; CINNAMOMUM TAMALA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; EUPHORBIACEAE; IMPATIENS; LAURACEAE; MALVACEAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 77249100906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1622     Document Type: Article

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