Potent free radical scavenging activity of propol isolated from Brazilian propolis

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 828-833

  Basnet, Purusotam ^a   Matsuno, Tetsuya ^b   Neidlein, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidative Activity; Free Radicals; Propol; Propolis; Superoxide Anion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031277819     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1997-11-1217     Document Type: Article

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