A comparative evaluation of the antioxidant activity of some medicinal plants popularly used in Nepal

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1884-1891

  Ghimire, Bimal Kumar ^a   Seong, Eun Soo ^b   Kim, Eun Hye ^a   Ghimeray, Amal Kumar ^b   Yu, Chang Yeon ^b   Ghimire, Bal Krishna ^b   Chung, Ill Min ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Medicinal plants; Methanolic extraction; Phenolic content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; AMOMUM SUBULATUM EXTRACT; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BERGINIA CILIATA EXTRACT; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; DRYMARIA CORDATA EXTRACT; FICUS LACOR EXTRACT; MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS EXTRACT; MENTHA ARVENSIS EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PERSEA ODORATISSIMA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PREMNA INTEGRIFOLIA EXTRACT; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA EXTRACT; SANTALUM ALBUM EXTRACT; SAPIUM INSIGNE EXTRACT; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA EXTRACT; TACHYSPERMUM AMMI EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

AMOMUM SUBULATUM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BERGINIA CILIATA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DRYMARIA CORDATA; FICUS LACOR; FRUIT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA ARVENSIS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PERSEA ODORATISSIMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PREMNA INTEGRIFOLIA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA; SANTALUM ALBUM; SAPIUM INSIGNE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SWERTIA CHIRAYITA; TACHYSPERMUM AMMI; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AMOMUM SUBULATUM; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; FICUS LACOR; MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 84860389524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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