Involvement of nitrogen on flavonoids, glutathione, anthocyanin, ascorbic acid and antioxidant activities of malaysian medicinal plant Labisia pumila Blume (Kacip Fatimah)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 393-408

  Ibrahim, Mohd Hafiz ^a   Jaafar, Hawa Z E ^a   Rahmat, Asmah ^a   Rahman, Zaharah Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DPPH radical scavenging; Ferric reducing antioxidant power; Gluthatione; Labisia pumila blume; Nitrogen fertilization; Plant secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; ANTIOXIDANT; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; LABISIA PUMILA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; VARIETAS; CHEMISTRY; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; PRIMULACEAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

LANCEOLATA;

ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; FERTILIZERS; FLAVONOIDS; GLUTATHIONE; MALAYSIA; NITROGEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRIMULACEAE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84856297868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13010393     Document Type: Article

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