CYTOTOXICITY, PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF CRUDE EXTRACTS FROM RHIZOMES OF ELEPHANTORRHIZA ELEPHANTINA AND PENTANISIA PRUNELLOIDES.

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-52

  Mpofu, Smart J ^a   Msagati, Titus A M ^a   Krause, Rui W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cytotoxicity; Diosgenin; E. elephantina; Oleanolic acid; P. prunelloides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIOSGENIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; E. ELEPHANTINA; FABACEAE; METABOLISM; P. PRUNELLOIDES; RHIZOME; RUBIACEAE;

CYTOTOXICITY; DIOSGENIN; E. ELEPHANTINA; OLEANOLIC ACID; P. PRUNELLOIDES;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FABACEAE; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHIZOME; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 84908882033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25050044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v11i1.6     Document Type: Article

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