Studies on methanolic extract of Rauvolfia species from Southern Western Ghats of India - In vitro antioxidant properties, characterisation of nutrients and phytochemicals

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Nair, Vadakkemuriyil Divya ^a   Panneerselvam, Rajaram ^a   Gopi, Ragupathi ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Metal chelating activity; Pigment composition; Rauvolfia L.; Vitamin content; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; ASCORBIC ACIDS; CHELATING ACTIVITY; FLAVONOID CONTENT; IN-VITRO; LYCOPENES; MEDICINAL PLANTS; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS; NUTRIENT COMPOSITION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHENOLICS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PIGMENT COMPOSITION; RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; RAUVOLFIA L.; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; REDUCING POWER; SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES; SUPEROXIDE ANIONS; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; VITAMIN C; VITAMIN-E; WESTERN GHATS;

AGENTS; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHELATING AGENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; LEAF; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHANOL; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); VITAMIN; WOODY PLANT;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIA DENSIFLORA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; RAUVOLFIA TETRAPHYLLA;

EID: 84857676966     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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