Investigation of the antioxidant principles from Psilanthus Travancorensis (wt. & arn.) leroy- an unexplored taxon of rubiaceae

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 13-17

  Sreekala Devi, R ^a   Radhamany, P M ^a   Gayathri Devi, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b SRRI   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Dot blot assay; DPPH radical scavenging activity; Psilanthus travancorensis; Reducing power

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALKALOID; COUMARIN; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PSILANTHUS TRAVANCORENSIS EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SAPONIN; STEROID; TANNIN; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PSILANTHUS TRAVANCORENSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84875478079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09751491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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