Antioxidant activity of tribulus terrestris - a natural product in infertility therapy

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 508-511

  Zheleva Dimitrova, Dimitrina ^a   Obreshkova, Danka ^a   Nedialkov, Paraskev ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Lipid peroxidation inhibition; Polyphenols; Radical scavenging; Tribulus terrestris L.

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; THIOCYANATE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84870927431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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