Antioxidant activity of organic and aqueous leaf extracts of Cassia occidentalis L. in relation to their phenolic content

Natural Product Research

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1473-1479

  Arya, Vedpriya ^a   Yadav, Sanjay ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Yadav, Jaya Parkash ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; Cassia occidentalis; free radicals; phenolic compounds; scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BENZENE; BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROFORM; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LINOLEIC ACID; METAL CHELATE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHELATING AGENTS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SENNA PLANT; SOLVENTS; WATER;

SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 80053025575     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.545351     Document Type: Article

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