Assessment of flavonoids contents and in vitro antioxidant activity of Launaea procumbens

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Khan, Rahmat A ^a,b   Khan, Muhammad R ^b   Sahreen, Sumaira ^c   Ahmed, Mushtaq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; HPLC; Launaea procumbens; Scavenging of DPPH free radicals; Superoxide radicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861220060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-6-43     Document Type: Article

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