Antioxidant activity of phenolic and flavonoid compounds in some medicinal plants of India

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1101-1109

  Choudhary, R K ^a   Swarnkar, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; DPPH; Flavonoids; Superoxide radical; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CASSIA FISTULA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TAMARIND;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INDIA; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; CASSIA FISTULA; MANGIFERA INDICA; SYZYGIUM CUMINI; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 79960521708     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.498372     Document Type: Article

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