Antioxidant capacities, phenolic profile and cytotoxic effects of saxicolous lichens from trans-Himalayan cold desert of Ladakh

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Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Jatinder ^a   Dhar, Priyanka ^a   Tayade, Amol B ^a   Gupta, Damodar ^b   Chaurasia, Om P ^a   Upreti, Dalip K ^d   Arora, Rajesh ^b,c   Srivastava, Ravi B ^a  

^a Leh Ladakh C o 56APO   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c DRDO   (India)

^d CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ACAROSPORA BADIOFUSCA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BUTYLCRESOL; DERMATOCARPON VELLEREUM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; LECANORA FRUSTULOSA EXTRACT; LINOLEIC ACID; LOBOTHALLIA ALPHOPLACA EXTRACT; MELANELIA DISJUNCTA EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; PECCANIA CORALLOIDES EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYSCONIA MUSCIGENA EXTRACT; PLEOPSIDIUM FLAVUM EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; RHIZOPLACA CHRYSOLEUCA EXTRACT; RHIZOPLACA MELANOPHTHALMA EXTRACT; UMBILICARIA VELLEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHOPARMELIA MEXICANA EXTRACT; XANTHOPARMELIA STENOPHYLLA EXTRACT; XANTHORIA ELEGANS EXTRACT; 2,2'-AZINO-DI-(3-ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE)-6-SULFONIC ACID; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTHOCYANIN; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ACAROSPORA BADIOFUSCA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; BETA CAROTENE LINOLEIC ACID BLEACHING ASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER INHIBITION; COLD DESERT; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOCARPON VELLEREUM; DESERT; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LECANORA FRUSTULOSA; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LOBOTHALLIA ALPHOPLACA; MELANELIA DISJUNCTA; NITRIC OXIDE RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PECCANIA CORALLOIDES; PHYSCONIA MUSCIGENA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLEOPSIDIUM FLAVUM; RHIZOPLACA CHRYSOLEUCA; RHIZOPLACA MELANOPHTHALMA; RKO CELL LINE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRANS HIMALAYA; UMBILICARIA VELLEA; XANTHOPARMELIA MEXICANA; XANTHOPARMELIA STENOPHYLLA; XANTHORIA ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DESERT CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANTHOCYANINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BENZOTHIAZOLES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; DESERT CLIMATE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; INDIA; LICHENS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 84903292656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098696     Document Type: Article

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