Can MTT be used to quantify the antioxidant activity of plant extracts?
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Muraina, I.A.
Suleiman, M.M. (Mohammed Musa)
Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas
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Elsevier
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Antioxidant properties of three different medicinal plant extracts from northern Nigeria were evaluated using the traditional qualitative 2,2, diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH)method and a new 3-(4,5- dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-2,5- diphenyltetrazolium bromide(MTT)microdilution method described here. The results were in agreement. It is a simple, rapid and inexpensive method compared with many other methods for determining quantitative antioxidant activity of plant extracts.
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Antioxidants, Plant extracts, DPPH, MTT
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Muraina,IA,Suleiman,MM & Eloff,JN 2009,'Can MTT be used to quantify the antioxidant activity of plant extracts?', Phytomedicine (2009), [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09447113]