Chemical composition and biological activities of leaves of ziziphus mauritiana l. Native to pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 367-376

  Ashraf, Aisha ^a   Sarfraz, Raja Adil ^a   Anwar, Farooq ^b,c   Shahid, Shaukat Ali ^a   Alkharfy, Khalid M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DPPH radical scavengers; Flavonoids; GC MS; Human cancer cell lines; Phenolics; Solvent extracts

Indexed keywords

ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 85016342441     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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