Antioxidant activity and phytochemical screening of the methanol extracts of Euphorbia hirta L

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 386-390

  Basma, Abu Arra ^a   Zakaria, Zuraini ^a   Latha, Lacimanan Yoga ^a   Sasidharan, Sreenivasan ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DPPH scavenging; Euphorbia hirta L; Phytochemical screening; Reducing power; Total flavonoids content; Total phenolics content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; BUTYLCRESOL; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA HIRTA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; STEROID; SUGAR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; FLOWER; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUPHORBIA; FLAVONOIDS; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79959395464     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60109-0     Document Type: Article

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