Phytochemicals screening, DPPH free radical scavenging and xanthine oxidase inhibitiory activities of Cassia fistula seeds extract

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1941-1947

  Jothy, Subramanion L ^a   Zuraini, Zakaria ^a   Sasidharan, Sreenivasan ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cassia fistula seed; Phenolic compounds; Xanthine oxidase inhibition

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CASSIA FISTULA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CASSIA FISTULA;

EID: 84860411387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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