Free radical scavenging activity of ethanolic extract of Desmodium gangeticum
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In this paper, the contents of phenolics and flavonoids for their in vitro antioxidant activity such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl, superoxide scavenging, reducing power, nitric oxide scavenging and 2,2 azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate), hydroxyl radical, ferric reducing antioxidant power, and chelating ability of ethanolic extract of Desmodium gangeticum.About:
This article is published in Journal of Acute Medicine.The article was published on 2012-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 45 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Desmodium gangeticum & Ascorbic acid.read more
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Ethnomedicinal plants used to treat skin diseases by Tharu community of district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India
TL;DR: Literature review has confirmed most of the claims made by the Tharu community regarding treatment of various skin diseases by the reported plants, and further studies on these plants are recommended to assess their potential in development of new skin care products.
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In vitro antiviral activity of fifteen plant extracts against avian infectious bronchitis virus
Raimundas Lelešius,Agneta Karpovaitė,Rūta Mickienė,Tomas Drevinskas,Nicola Tiso,Ona Ragažinskienė,Loreta Kubilienė,Audrius Maruška,Algirdas Šalomskas +8 more
TL;DR: Many extracts of plants acted against IBV prior to and during infection, but the most effective were those of M. piperita, T. vulgaris and D. canadense.
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Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of ethanol and aqueous extracts from Urtica urens
TL;DR: Leaves of Urtica urens could be used as natural antioxidant and antimicrobial agents, and Ethanol was the most effective with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) < 250 μg/mL.
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Phytochemicals and biological activities of Ruta chalepensis L. growing in Tunisia
Mohamed Hadj Kacem,Imen Kacem,Gaëlle Simon,Amir Ben Mansour,S. Chaabouni,Abdelfattah Elfeki,Mohamed Bouaziz +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the chemical composition of different solvent extracts from Ruta chalepensis L. was determined and their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were evaluated, with a total phenolic content varying from 120.57 to 178.00 mg Gallic acid equivalents per gram of dry extract.
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Evaluation of total phenolic content and free radical scavenging activity of Boerhavia erecta
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the antioxidant effects of the ethanolic extract of Boerhavia erecta and found that the antioxidant activity of B. erecta is comparable to a certain extent with that of butylated hydroxytoluene, mannitol, EDTA, and ascorbic acid.
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