Antioxidant and free-radical-scavenging effects of fruits of Dregea volubilis

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Biswas, Moulisha ^a   Haldar, Pallab Kanti ^b   Ghosh, Ashoke Kumar ^c  

^a Bengal Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Bengal School of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Dregea volubilis; Free radical scavenging; In vitro antioxidant

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; DREGEA;

EID: 84858637570     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.71670     Document Type: Article

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