Antioxidant potential of different extracts and fractions of Catharanthus roseus shoots

International Journal of Phytomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-114

  Rasool, Nasir ^a   Rizwan, Komal ^a   Zubair, Muhammad ^a   Naveed, Kaleem Ur Rahman ^a   Imran, Imran ^b   Ahmed, Viqar Uddin ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; PHENOL; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; IC 50; PEROXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SHOOT;

EID: 79960334828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09750185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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