Comparative study of the antioxidant and reactive oxygen species scavenging properties in the extracts of the fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica and Emblica officinalis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hazra, Bibhabasu ^a   Sarkar, Rhitajit ^a   Biswas, Santanu ^a   Mandal, Nripendranath ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; TERMINALIA BELERICA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELERICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PHENOLS; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TERMINALIA;

EID: 77952061027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-20     Document Type: Article

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