Assessment of antioxidant and cytotoxicity activities of saponin and crude extracts of Chlorophytum birivilianum

• Main Authors: Ashraf, Mehdi Farshad, Abdul Aziz, Maheran, Stanslas, Johnson, Ismail, Ismanizam, Abdul Kadir, Mihdzar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29631/1/Assessment%20of%20antioxidant%20and%20cytotoxicity%20activities%20of%20saponin%20and%20crude%20extracts%20of%20Chlorophytum%20birivilianum.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29631/; https://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2013/216894/abs/

The present paper focused on antioxidant and cytotoxicity assessment of crude and total saponin fraction of Chlorophytum borivilianum as an important medicinal plant. In this study, three different antioxidant activities (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging (DPPH), ferrous ion chelating...