Phytochemical analysis of selected medicinal plants

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 7487-7492

  Hussain, Iqbal ^a   Ullah, Riaz ^a,e   Ullah, Rooh ^b   Khurram, Muhammad ^c   Ullah, Naseem ^c   Baseer, Abdul ^c   Khan, Farhat Ali ^c   Khattak, Muneeb ur Rehman ^a   Zahoor, Mohammad ^d   Khan, Jehangir ^d   khan, Naeem ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c Mardan Campus   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Medicinal plants; Pakistan; Phytochemical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NICOTINIC ACID; PECTIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RIBOFLAVIN; SAPONIN; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARATHAMUS LANATUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; EQUISETUM RAVENS; FAGONIA CRITICA; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANUNCULUS ARVENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EQUISETUM; FAGONIA; RANUNCULUS ARVENSIS;

EID: 79960866633     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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