A comparative study on the antioxidant activity of methanol extracts of acacia nilotica and berberis chitria

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Agrawal, Shalu ^a   Kulkarni, G T ^b   Sharma, V N ^a  

^a MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Laureate Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Antioxidant; Berberis chitria; Free radical scavenging

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; BERBERIS; BERBERIS CHITRIA;

EID: 77954103318     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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