Open AccessIn vitro antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity of four Alkanna species growing in Iran
Author(s) -
Iraj Salimikia,
Alireza Yazdinezhad,
Fereshteh Golfakhrabadi,
H R Monsef Esfahani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pharmacognosy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4836
pISSN - 0974-8490
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8490.147218
Subject(s) - antioxidant , traditional medicine , quercetin , pharmacognosy , phytochemical , chemistry , chloroform , phytochemistry , thiobarbituric acid , flavonoid , botany , chromatography , biology , lipid peroxidation , medicine , biological activity , biochemistry , in vitro
Medicinal plants are recognized as sources of natural antioxidants that can protect biological system from oxidative stress.