Free radical scavenging potential of some Indian medicinal plants

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2034-2042

  Kumar, Arvind ^a   Kaur, Rajbir ^a   Arora, Saroj ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flavonoid content; Hydrogen donation; Hydroxyl radical scavenging; Medicinal plants; Phenolic content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACACIA CATECHU EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; FICUS BENJAMINA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HAMELIA PATENS EXTRACT; KOELREUTARIA PANICULATA EXTRACT; MIMUSOPS HEXANDRA EXTRACT; MURRAYA EXOTICA EXTRACT; MURRAYA KOENIGII EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLASMID DNA; SAPINDUS TRIFOLIATUS EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SWIETENIA MAHOGONI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACACIA CATECHU; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FENTON REACTION; FICUS BENJAMINA; HAMELIA PATENS; IC 50; INDIA; KOELREUTARIA PANICULATA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMUSOPS HEXANDRA; MURRAYA EXOTICA; MURRAYA KOENIGII; SAPINDUS TRIFOLIATUS; SWIETENIA MAHOGONI;

ACACIA CATECHU; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; APOCYNACEAE; FABACEAE; FICUS BENJAMINA; HAMELIA PATENS; MELIACEAE; MIMUSOPS; MORACEAE; MURRAYA EXOTICA; MURRAYA KOENIGII; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SAPINDUS TRIFOLIATUS; SWIETENIA;

EID: 78549250131     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/jmpr10.165     Document Type: Article

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