Antioxidant activity of methanol and ethanol/water extracts of Tetrapleura tetraptera and Parkia biglobosa

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Badu, Mercy ^a   Mensah, John K ^a   Boadi, Nathaniel O ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Antioxidants; Free radicals; Parkia biglobosa; Scavenging activity; Tetrapleura tetraptera

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; METHANOL; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRY WEIGHT; FRUIT; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA;

EID: 84867693736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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