Screening of the antioxidant and the free radical scavenging potential of Tunisian Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. from Mednine

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-265

  Marzouk, Zohra ^a   Marzouk, Belsem ^a   Mahjoub, Mohamed Ali ^b   Haloui, Ehsen ^a   Mighri, Zine ^b   Aouni, Mahjoub ^a   Fenina, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ABTS+ radical; Acetone extract; Aqueous extract; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; DPPH radical; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ACETONE; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COLOCYNTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; TUNISIA;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS;

EID: 77952791347     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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