TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Chougule, Pushplata A1 - Pawar, Reshma A1 - Limaye, Dnyanesh A1 - Joshi, Y. M. A1 - Kadam, Vilasrao T1 - In-vitro antioxidant activity of ethanolic extract of Centaurea behen JF - Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science N2 - The present investigation was conducted to investigate the in-vitro activity of ethanolic extract of roots of Centaurea behens by using DPPH radical scavenging activity, nitric oxide radical scavenging activity, hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging activity, hydroxyl radical. Result suggests that the extract possess significant antioxidant activity as compared to the standard ascorbic acid and thus further in vivo investigation is required to evaluate the medicinal significance of the extract which can be used for assessing the possible therapeutic importance of the drug. KW - antioxidants KW - Centaurea behen KW - ethanolic extract KW - free radicals KW - reducing ability Y1 - 2012 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-11308 SN - 2231-3354 SS - 2231-3354 U6 - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1130 DO - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1130 VL - 2012 IS - 02(04) SP - 106 EP - 110 ER -