Compositional studies: Antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 8846-8861

  Zia Ul Haq, Muhammad ^a   Ćavar, Sanja ^b   Qayum, Mughal ^c   Imran, Imran ^d   de Feo, Vincenzo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b University of Sarajevo   (United Kingdom)

^c ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Antidiabetic activity; Antioxidant activity; Capparis decidua; Nutritional constituents; Phenols; Sterols; Tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMINO ACID; AMYLASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; CAPPARIS DECIDUA EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSINOLATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS DECIDUA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRUCTURES; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAPPARIS; CATTLE; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSINOLATES; HEMOLYSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STEROLS; TOCOPHEROLS;

EID: 84055217561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12128846     Document Type: Article

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