The antioxidant and DNA protection potential of Indian tribal medicinal plants;Hint kabilelerinin tıbbi bitkilerin DNA koruma ve antioksidan potansiyeli

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-242

  Guha, Gunjan ^a   Rajkumar, Venkatadri ^a   Mathew, Lazar ^a   Kumar, R Ashok ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant; DNA protection; DPPH; Oxidative damage; Tribal medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952393332     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/biy-0906-64     Document Type: Article

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