Role of alcoholic extract of shoot of Hypericum perforatum Linn on lipid peroxidation and various species of free radicals in rats.
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The alcoholic extract of the shoot of H. perforatum shows strong antioxidant property. It possesses the iron chelation property with more affinity to the ferrous form. It has scavenging property for both superoxide and for hydroxyl radicals but the response is more towards the superoxide radicals. Thus in addition to the anti-depressant property it has strong antioxidant property also.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian journal of experimental biology
دوره 37 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999