Evaluation of antioxidant potential of medicinal plants from Malaysian Rubiaceae (subfamily Rubioideae)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 7948-7954

  Ahmad, R ^a   Mahbob, E N M ^a   Noor, Z M ^a   Ismail, N H ^a   Lajis, N H ^b   Shaari, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

1,1 diphenyl 2 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH); Antioxidant; Ferric thiocyanate (FTC); Rubiaceae; Thiobarbituric acid (TBA); Total phenolic content (TPC)

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ARGOSTEMMA VISCIDUM EXTRACT; AROGSTEMMA YAPPII EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; CHASSALIA MINOR EXTRACT; CHASSALIA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; HEDYOTIS CORYMBOSA EXTRACT; HEDYOTIS HAVILANDI EXTRACT; HEDYOTIS PHILIPPINENSIS EXTRACT; HYDNOPHYTUM FORMICARUM EXTRACT; LASIANTHUS CYANOCARPUS EXTRACT; LASIANTHUS MAINGAYI EXTRACT; LASIANTHUS PILOSUS EXTRACT; OPHIORRHIZA DISCOLOR EXTRACT; OPHIORRHIZA MAJOR EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSYCHOTRIA GRIFFITHII EXTRACT; PSYCHOTRIA LASIOCAPHALA EXTRACT; PSYCHOTRIA OPHIRENSIS EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; RENNELLIA ELLIPTICA EXTRACT; SPERMACOCE EXILIS EXTRACT; SPERMACOCE LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UROPHYLLUM FERRUGINEUM EXTRACT; UROPHYLLUM GLABRUM EXTRACT; UROPHYLLUM GRIFFITHIANUM EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARGOSTEMMA VISCIDUM; AROGSTEMMA YAPPII; ARTICLE; CHASSALIA MINOR; CHASSALIA PUBESCENS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; HEDYOTIS CORYMBOSA; HEDYOTIS HAVILANDI; HEDYOTIS PHILIPPINENSIS; HYDNOPHYTUM FORMICARUM; IC 50; LASIANTHUS CYANOCARPUS; LASIANTHUS MAINGAYI; LASIANTHUS PILOSUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OPHIORRHIZA DISCOLOR; OPHIORRHIZA MAJOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSYCHOTRIA GRIFFITHII; PSYCHOTRIA LASIOCAPHALA; PSYCHOTRIA OPHIRENSIS; RENNELLIA ELLIPTICA; RUBIACEAE; SPERMACOCE EXILIS; SPERMACOCE LATIFOLIA; UROPHYLLUM FERRUGINEUM; UROPHYLLUM GLABRUM; UROPHYLLUM GRIFFITHIANUM;

HYDNOPHYTUM FORMICARUM; PSYCHOTRIA; RUBIACEAE; RUBIOIDEAE;

EID: 78649385024     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.967     Document Type: Article

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