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Antioxidant potential of the root of Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash.
Indian journal of biochemistry & biophysics - 1 Feb 2009
Luqman Suaib, Kumar Ritesh, Kaushik Shubhangi, Srivastava Suchita, Darokar Mahendra P, Khanuja Suman P S
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Vetiveria zizanioides, an aromatic plant commonly known as vetiver has been used for various ailments. The essential oil of vetiver root has been shown to possess antioxidant activity. However, antioxidant potential of spent root extract has not been reported. Hence, in the present study, ferric reducing, free radical scavenging and antioxidant activity of two genotypes namely KS1 and gulabi of V. zizanioides L....
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