Invitro antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of aqueous and ethanolic flower extract of Nymphaea alba

International Journal of Drug Development and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-258

  Madhusudhanan, N ^a   Lakshmi, T ^b   Gowtham, Kumar S ^a   Ramakrishanan, N ^a   Venu Gopala Rao, Konda ^a   Roy, Anitha ^b   Geetha, R V ^b  

^a CHETTINAD HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; DPPH; Hydroxyl radical; Nitric oxide; Nymphaea alba

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; APHRODISIAC AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NUPHARINE; NYMPHAEA ALBA EXTRACT; NYMPHAEINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FLOWER; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA ALBA;

EID: 83055168101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09759344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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