Antioxidant properties of phenolic compounds

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 152-159

  Rice Evans, Catherine A ^a   Miller, Nicholas J ^a   Paganga, George ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031128207     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(97)01018-2     Document Type: Review

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