Radical scavenging and radiomodulatory effects of Psoralea corylifolia Linn. substantiated by in vitro assays and EPR spectroscopy

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 66 C, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-46

  Arora, Rajesh ^a,b   Dhaker, Atlar Singh ^b   Adhikari, Manish ^b   Sharma, Jyoti ^b   Chawla, Raman ^b   Gupta, Damodar ^b   Zheleva, Antoaneta ^a   Karamalakova, Yanka ^a   Kumar, Raj ^b   Sharma, Raj K ^c   Sharma, Ashok ^b   Sultana, Sarwat ^d   Tripathi, Rajendra P ^b   Sharma, Rakesh K ^b   Gadjeva, Veselina ^a  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c People's College of Medical Sciences   (India)

^d HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant properties; DNA Protection; Psoralea corylifolia; Radiomodulation

Indexed keywords

CULLEN CORYLIFOLIA;

EID: 79953046497     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2011-1-206     Document Type: Article

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