Evaluation of phytochemical composition and antioxidant capacity of a decoction containing Adenanthera pavonina L. and Thespesia populnea L.

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 7, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Silva, Indeewari Kalhari ^a   Soysa, Preethi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Adenanthera pavonina and Thespesia populnea; antioxidant activity; high performance liquid chromatography; phenolic content; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ADENANTHERA PAVONINA DECOCTION; ANTIOXIDANT; DEOXYRIBOSE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID; THESPESIA POPULNEA DECOCTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENANTHERA PAVONINA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; COLORIMETRY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HERB; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; THESPESIA POPULNEA;

EID: 80052756880     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: 09764062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.84229     Document Type: Article

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