Use of the trolox assay to estimate the antioxidant content of seventeen edible wild plants of niger

Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-110

  Cook, J A ^a   Vanderjagt, D J ^a   Dasgupta, A ^a   Mounkaila, G ^b   Glew, R S ^c   Blackwell, W ^a   Glew, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Niger; Trolox assay; Wild edible plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; TROLOX C;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FRUIT; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; SPINACH;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMANS; NIGER; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; WATER;

EID: 0032486172     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(98)00245-8     Document Type: Article

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