Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of aqueous and ethanol extracts of Zingiber officinale

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 25-30

  Morakinyo, A O ^a   Oludare, G O ^a   Aderinto, O T ^a   Tasdup, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant; DPPH; Lipid peroxidation; Superoxide dismutase; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84861983982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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