Antioxidant activities of some extracts of Thymus zygis

Free Radical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 469-478

  Soares, João R ^a   Dinis, Teresa C P ^a   Cunha, António P ^a   Almeida, Leonor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Free radical scavenging; Thymus zygis extracts

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; MEMBRANE LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ANIMALIA; THYMUS ZYGIS;

EID: 0030954382     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709084484     Document Type: Article

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