Preliminary phytochemical screening and In vitro antioxidant activities of the aqueous extract of Helichrysum longifolium DC

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Aiyegoro, Olayinka A ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); BUTYLCRESOL; FLAVANOID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; HELICHRYSUM EXTRACT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; SAPONIN; STEROID; TANNIN; ANTIOXIDANT; MALONALDEHYDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOLS; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SCREENING; HELICHRYSUM; HELICHRYSUM LONGIFOLIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; FLAVONOIDS; GALLIC ACID; HELICHRYSUM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PHENOLS; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SAPONINS; TANNINS;

EID: 77952060627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-21     Document Type: Article

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