Antioxidant activity and bioactive phytochemical contents of traditional medicinal plants in Northeast Thailand

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 6822-6831

  Sakong, Pornkamon ^a   Khampitak, Tueanjit ^a   Cha'on, Ubon ^a   Pinitsoontorn, Chadamas ^a   Sriboonlue, Sriboonlue ^a   Yongvanit, Puangrat ^a   Boonsiri, Patcharee ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

1; 1 diphenyl 2 picryl hydrazyl (DPPH); 2; 2' azinobis (3 ethylbenzothiazoline 6 sulfonic acid (ABTS); Alkaloids; Antioxidant activity; Ascorbic acid; Phenolic compounds; Thai medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ADENANTHERA PAVONINA EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; AGANONERION POLYMORPHUM EXTRACT; AGANOSMA MARGINATA EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA EXTRACT; BAUHINIA MALABARICA EXTRACT; BLYXA ECHINOSPERMA EXTRACT; BUTOMOPSIS LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; CALAMUS SIAMENSIS EXTRACT; CLAUSENA EXCAVATA EXTRACT; DILL EXTRACT; DRACAENA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; DREGEA VOLUBILIS EXTRACT; FERONIELLA LUCIDA EXTRACT; GLINUS OPPOSITIFOLIUS EXTRACT; HYDROCHARIS DUBIA EXTRACT; HYMENODICTYON ORIXENSE EXTRACT; LIMNOCHARIS FLAVA EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; OTTETIA ALISMOIDES EXTRACT; OXYSTELMA ESCULENTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS EXTRACT; PLUCHEA EUPATORIOIDES EXTRACT; PLUCHEA INDICA EXTRACT; SPONDIAS PINNATA EXTRACT; TACCA CHANTRIERI EXTRACT; TODDALIA ASIATICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADENANTHERA PAVONINA; AGANONERION POLYMORPHUM; AGANOSMA MARGINATA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA; BAUHINIA MALABARICA; BLYXA ECHINOSPERMA; BUTOMOPSIS LATIFOLIA; CALAMUS SIAMENSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAUSENA EXCAVATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILL; DRACAENA ANGUSTIFOLIA; DREGEA VOLUBILIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; FERONIELLA LUCIDA; GLINUS OPPOSITIFOLIUS; HYDROCHARIS DUBIA; HYMENODICTYON ORIXENSE; LIMNOCHARIS FLAVA; MEDICINAL PLANT; OTTETIA ALISMOIDES; OXYSTELMA ESCULENTUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS; PLUCHEA EUPATORIOIDES; PLUCHEA INDICA; SPONDIAS PINNATA; TACCA CHANTRIERI; THAILAND; TODDALIA ASIATICA;

EID: 84855907640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.1222     Document Type: Article

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