Efficient free radical scavenging activity of Ginkgo biloba, stevia rebaudiana and Parthenium hysterophorous leaves through DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl)

International Journal of Phytomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-239

  Ahmad, Nisar ^a   Fazal, Hina ^a,b   Abbasi, Bilal Haider ^a   Farooq, Shahid ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

DPPH; Ginkgo biloba; Radical scavenging activity; Stevia rebaudiana and parthenium hysterophorous

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHOROUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STEVIA REBAUDIANA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIURESIS; DRUG SCREENING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GINKGO BILOBA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHOROUS; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STEVIA;

EID: 79953304680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09750185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5138/ijpm.2010.0975.0185.02034     Document Type: Article

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