Antioxidant activities of ficus glomerata (moraceae) leaf gall extracts

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 114-120

  Eshwarappa, Ravi Shankara ^a,b,c   Iyer, Shanthi ^d   Subaramaihha, Sundara ^b   Richard, S ^e   Dhananjaya, Bhadrapura ^d  

^a Department of Chemistry School of Graduate Studies   (India)

^b Research Unit in Vrukshayurveda A Division of Centre for Advanced Studies in Biosciences   (India)

^c KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d JAIN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; drug; Ficus glomerata; gallic acid; galls; metabolic diseases; plants

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOHYDRATE; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRY WEIGHT; FICUS RACEMOSA; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GALL (PLANT); HYDROXYL RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 84920023861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.147225     Document Type: Article

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