Screening of some medicinal plants for their antityrosinase and antioxidant activities

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1107-1112

  Narayanaswamy, Nithya ^a   Duraisamy, Arun ^a   Balakrishnan, K P ^a  

^a ITC R and D Centre   (India)

Author keywords

2,2 diphenyl 1 picryl hydrazyl; Antioxidant; Asparagus racemosa; Holarrhena antidysentrica; I depigmenting; Mushroom tyrosinase; Pachygone ovata

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CURCUMA ZEDOARIA EXTRACT; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTRICA EXTRACT; LIPPIA NODIFLORA EXTRACT; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PACHYGONE OVATA EXTRACT; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTITYROSINASE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA ZEDOARIA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTRICA; LIPPIA NODIFLORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PACHYGONE OVATA; PLANT LEAF; RHIZOME;

EID: 84856250054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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