title: Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Scoparia dulcis Extract.
abstract: We studied the scavenging capabilities of an extract of Scoparia dulcis (a cosmopolitan weed widespread in Laos and Vietnam) for 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl and measured hemoglobin-catalyzed linoleic acid peroxidation with an oxygen electrode. Our results demonstrated strong antioxidant activity corresponding to mitigation of the generation of hydroxyl radicals, a possible rationale for the observed therapeutic effects of this weed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: M.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babincová
authors.forename: P.
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sourivong