Free radical scavenging activity, phenolic contents and cytotoxicity of selected Nigerian medicinal plants

Food Chemistry

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1279-1286

  Awah, Francis M ^a,d   Uzoegwu, Peter N ^a   Ifeonu, Patrick ^a,e   Oyugi, Julius O ^b,c   Rutherford, John ^b   Yao, Xiaojian ^b   Fehrmann, Frauke ^b   Fowke, Keith R ^b   Eze, Michael O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^e National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP)   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cytotoxicity; Nigerian medicinal plants; Phenolic contents

Indexed keywords

2 ,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ASCORBIC ACIDS; CELL LINES; CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAYS; DPPH ASSAY; FLAVONOID CONTENT; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD; LATIFOLIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANTS; NIGERIANS; OH RADICAL; PHENOLIC CONTENT; SUPEROXIDE ANIONS;

ASSAYS; CELL CULTURE; FREE RADICALS; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CYTOTOXICITY;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALSTONIA CONGENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CANTHUM SUBCORDATUM EXTRACT; CASSIA SIEBERIANA EXTRACT; DACTINOMYCIN; EUPATORIUM ADENOPHORUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS EXTRACT; LANDOLPHIA OWARIENSIS EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALSTONIA CONGENSIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANTHUM SUBCORDATUM; CASSIA SIEBERIANA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; EUPATORIUM ADENOPHORUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; LANDOLPHIA OWARIENSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA; NIGERIA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

IRVINGIA GABONENSIS; LANDOLPHIA OWARIENSIS; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 81855161815     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.09.118     Document Type: Article

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