Title of article
Antioxidative Activity of Sixty Plants from Iran
Author/Authors
Souri, Effat Department of Medicinal chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Nazifi, Atefeh Department of Medicinal chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Farsam, Hassan Department of Medicinal chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Amin, Gholamreza Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Dehmobe, Anahita Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Pages
6
From page
55
To page
60
Abstract
Antioxidants are vital substances which possess the ability to protect the body from
damage caused by free radical-induced oxidative stress. A variety of free radical
scavenging antioxidants exist within the body which many of them are derived from
dietary sources like fruits, vegetables and teas.
This article describes a test method for screening the antioxidant activity of 60
Iranian plants of Iran by linoleic acid peroxidation test using 1, 3-diethyl-2-
thiobarbituric acid as the reagent. Some plants including Achillea wilhelmsii, Berberis
crataegina, Buxus hyrcana, Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, Colutea persica,
Hyoscyamus niger, Mentha pulegium, Nerium oleander, Pteropyrum aucheri, Rhus
coriaria, Rosa canina, Scutellaria pinnatifida, Thymus pubescens, Verbascum alceoides
and Ziziphora clinopodioides subsp. rigida showed antioxidant activity
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Keywords
Plant , Antioxidant , Linoleic acid , 1, 3-Diethyl-2-thiobarbituric acid
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2004
Record number
2447386
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