Cholinesterase, protease inhibitory and antioxidant capacities of Sri Lankan medicinal plants

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 227-234

  Samaradivakara, Saroopa P ^a   Samarasekera, Radhika ^a   Handunnetti, Shiroma M ^b   Weerasena, O V D S Jagath ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b Institute of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biotechnology   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Cholinesterase; Ethanolic extract; Medicinal plants; Protease

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; DISEASES; ENZYMES; FREE RADICALS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OXIDANTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCAFFOLDS;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; ETHANOLIC EXTRACTS; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER; MEDICINAL PLANTS; OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITIES; PROTEASE;

PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANTIOXIDANT; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENZYME; ETHANOL; INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT; RADICAL; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES; OSBECKIA OCTANDRA; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 84952915406     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.12.047     Document Type: Article

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