Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Elsholtzia densa

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 104-111

  Khan, Misba ^a   Ganie, Showkat Ahmad ^a   Wani, Ishfak Hussain ^a   Ganai, Bashir Ahmad ^a   Masood, Akbar ^a   Zargar, Mohmmad Afzal ^a   Malik, Akhter Hussain ^a   Hamid, Rabia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant potential; DNA damage; Elsholtzia densa

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ELSHOLTZIA DENSA EXTRACT; HEXANE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUGAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; THIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELSHOLTZIA DENSA; FENTON REACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84863398760     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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