Antioxidant and antimutagenic potential of seeds and pods of green cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 461-469

  Saeed, Asma ^a   Sultana, Bushra ^a   Anwar, Farooq ^b,c   Mushtaq, Muhammad ^a   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^d   Gilani, Anwarul Hassan ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimutagenic attributes; Antioxidant activity; E. cardamomum; Extraction media; Phenolic compormds

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDAMOM; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; PLANT SEED; POD;

EID: 84914095254     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2014.461.469     Document Type: Article

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