Nitric oxide radical scavenging potential of some Elburz medicinal plants

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 5212-5217

  Ebrahimzadeh, M A ^a   Nabavi, S F ^a,b   Nabavi, S M ^a,c   Pourmorad, F ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory; Flavonoid contents; Medicinal plants; Nitric oxide scavenging activity; Phenolic contents; Pterocarya fraxinifolia; Sambucus ebulus

Indexed keywords

ALCEA HYRCANA EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM EXTRACT; BUXUS HYRCANA EXTRACT; COLCHICUM SPECIOSUM EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS PENTAGYNA EXTRACT; DIOSPYROS LOTUS EXTRACT; ERYNGIUM CAUCASICUM EXTRACT; FEIJOA SELLOWIANA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FRORIEPA SUBPINNATA EXTRACT; GRAMMOSCIADUM PLATYCARPUM EXTRACT; HIBISCUS ESCULENTUS EXTRACT; HYOSCYAMUS SQUARROSUS EXTRACT; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; LEONURUS CARDIACA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; ONOSMA DEMAWENDICUM EXTRACT; ORNITHOGALUM SINTENISII EXTRACT; PARROTIA PERSICA EXTRACTION; PHENOL; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARYA FRAXINIFOLIA EXTRACT; PYRUS BOISSIERIANA EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SALVIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; SAMBUCUS EBULUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIOLA ODORATA EXTRACT; ZEA MAYS EXTRACT;

ALCEA HYRCANA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BUXUS HYRCANA; COLCHICUM SPECIOSUM; COLORIMETRY; CRATAEGUS PENTAGYNA; DIOSPYROS LOTUS; DRUG ISOLATION; ERYNGIUM CAUCASICUM; FEIJOA SELLOWIANA; FRORIEPA SUBPINNATA; FRUIT; GRAMMOSCIADUM PLATYCARPUM; HYOSCYAMUS SQUARROSUS; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; INFLAMMATION; LEONURUS CARDIACA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ONOSMA DEMAWENDICUM; ORNITHOGALUM SINTENISII; PARROTIA PERSICA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PTEROCARYA FRAXINIFOLIA; PYRUS BOISSIERIANA; SALVIA GLUTINOSA; SAMBUCUS EBULUS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VIOLA ODORATA;

PTEROCARYA FRAXINIFOLIA; SAMBUCUS EBULUS;

EID: 77956124042     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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