Evaluation of antioxidant activity, total phenolic and flavonoid contents of Entada africana guill. et Perr. (Mimosaceae) organ extracts

Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-87

  Tibiri, Andre ^a   Sawadogo, Richard W ^a   Ouedraogo, Noufou ^a   Banzouzi, Jean Theophile ^b   Guissou, Innocent Pierre ^a,c   Nacoulma, Germaine Odile ^c  

^a Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^b CERMA Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche Médecins d'Afrique   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Entada africana; Flavonoids; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTHOCYANOSIDE; ANTHRACENOSIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CAROTENOID; CATECHIC TANNIN; CHLOROFORM; COUMARIN; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVANOID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC TANNIN; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; SAPONOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; ENTADA AFRICANA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

EID: 77954292251     PISSN: 18159346     EISSN: 19936095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmsci.2010.81.87     Document Type: Article

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