In vitro synergistic anti-oxidant activities of solvent-extracted fractions from Astragalus membranaceus and Glycyrrhiza uralensis

LWT

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1745-1751

  Li, Minghua ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Yang, Wenjian ^a   Li, Jinkui ^a   Xu, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Chen, Fangtian ^a   Li, Dapeng ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cell viability; Herb pair; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; OXIDANTS; SOLVENTS;

2 ,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING; HERB PAIRS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS;

EID: 79956314805     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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