Antioxidant and antimutagenic activity of Carum copticum fruit extracts

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1243-1249

  Zahin, Maryam ^a   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a   Aqil, Farrukh ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimutagenic activity; Antioxidant activity; Carum copticum; Methanol fraction

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2 FLUORENYLAMINE; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARUM COPTICUM FRUIT EXTRACT; MOLYBDENUM; PHOSPHOMOLYBDENUM; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARAWAY; CARUM COPTICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARUM; FRUIT; PLANT EXTRACTS;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM;

EID: 77952959122     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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