Phytochemical screening and free radical scavenging activity of Citrullus colocynthis seeds extracts

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-40

  Benariba, Nabila ^a,b   Djaziri, Rabeh ^a   Bellakhdar, Wafaa ^a   Belkacem, Nacera ^a   Kadiata, Marcel ^b   Malaisse, Willy J ^b   Sener, Abdullah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citrullus colocynthis; Flavonoids; Free radical scavenging; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; BUTANOL; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; HYDROMETHANOL; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; MYRICETIN; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SUGAR; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FRUIT; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; COLOCYNTH; DRUG EFFECTS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

EID: 84872825934     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60020-9     Document Type: Article

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