Antioxidant capacity of chewing stick miswak Salvadora persica

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mohamed, Saleh A ^a   Khan, Jalaluddin A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant Activities; Furan Derivatives; Miswak; Root

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; METHANOL; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVADORA PERSICA PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IC 50; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PLANT ROOT; SALVADORA PERSICA; SILYLATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATALASE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FURANS; MASTICATION; MOLYBDENUM; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HYGIENE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXIDASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SALVADORACEAE; SULFONIC ACIDS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84874008777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-40     Document Type: Article

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