Phytochemical constituents and antioxidant activities of the whole leaf extract of Aloe ferox Mill.

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 7, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 325-333

  Wintola, Olubunmi Abosede ^a   Afolayan, Anthony Jide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe ferox; antioxidant; asphodelaceae; free radicals; phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ACETONE; ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALOE FEROX EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; RUTOSIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 82955229039     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: 09764062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.90414     Document Type: Article

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