A comparative study on the antioxidant activity of methanolic leaf extracts of Ficus religiosa L, Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & Rabinson, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and Tridax procumbens L.

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 348-350

  Melinda, Krishanti P ^a   Rathinam, Xavier ^a   Marimuthu, Kasi ^a   Diwakar, Ayyalu ^a   Ramanathan, Surash ^b   Kathiresan, Sadasivam ^a   Subramaniam, Sreeramanan ^b  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chromolaena odorata; Phytochemical analysis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA EXTRACT; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; FICUS RELIGIOSA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; SCAVENGER; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BERMUDA GRASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNODON; DRUG ACTIVITY; FICUS; FICUS RELIGIOSA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; WEED;

EID: 77953261564     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60084-3     Document Type: Article

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