Pharmacognostical evaluation and phytochemical standardization of Abrus precatorius L. seeds

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-57

  Verma, Durgesh ^a   Tiwari, Shashi Shankar ^a   Srivastava, Sharad ^a   Rawat, Aks ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Abrus precatorius; HPTLC; Pharmacognosy; Standardization

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID;

ABRUS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGNOSY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEED MORPHOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 81855166033     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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