Study of antioxidant and reactive oxygen species scavenging activity of the edible tuber of "greater yam" (Dioscorea alata L.) from North-East India

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 74-84

  Das, Abhishek ^a   Chaudhuri, Dipankar ^b   Mandal, Nripendranath ^b   Chatterjee, Anupam ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Hydroxyl radical; Oxidative stress; Peroxynitrite; Phenolic content; Reactive oxygen Species

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIOSCOREA ALATA EXTRACT; EDETIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; MANNITOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PYRUVATE SODIUM; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE; THIOCTIC ACID; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOSCOREA ALATA; IC 50; INDIA; IRON CHELATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT TUBER;

EID: 84875417400     PISSN: 09742441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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