Antioxidant properties of Urtica pilulifera root, seed, flower, and leaf extract

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1224-1231

  Özen, Tevfik ^a   Çöllü, Zeynep ^b   Korkmaz, Halil ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; hydroalcoholic extract; phenolic compounds; radical scavenging activity; Urtica pilulifera

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CRESOL; FERRIC ION; FREE RADICAL; GUAIACOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; THIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA PILULIFERA EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; FLOWER; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHELATING AGENTS; FLOWERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; THIOCYANATES; URTICACEAE;

PHYLLANTHUS (ANGIOSPERM); URTICA PILULIFERA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 77956573807     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.1303     Document Type: Article

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