Antioxidant properties and chemical constituents of ethanolic extract and its fractions of Ocimum gratissimum

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1124-1130

  Ouyang, Xilin ^a,b   Wei, Liuxin ^a   Pan, Yingming ^a   Huang, Shiwen ^b   Wang, Hengshan ^a   Begonia, Gregorio B ^c   Ekunwe, Stephen I N ^c  

^a GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YOUJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^c Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Chemical constituents; Ocimum gratissimum; Total flavonoid content; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTANOL; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PETROLEUM ETHER; SALVIGENIN; SITOSTEROL; URSOLIC ACID; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 84874109209     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-012-0113-z     Document Type: Article

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