A new assay for quantifying brown algal phlorotannins and comparisons to previous methods

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1273-1293

  Stern, J Lewis ^a   Hagerman, Ann E ^b   Steinberg, Peter D ^a   Winter, Frank C ^c   Estes, James A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brown algae; DMBA; Folin Denis assay; phenolics; Phlorotannins; PVPP; seaweeds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0029797850     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02266965     Document Type: Article

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