Antioxidant capacity in Ginkgo biloba

Food Research International

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 815-820

  Goh, Lena M ^a   Barlow, Philip J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ABTS +; Antioxidant capacity; EGb 761; Functional foods; Ginkgo biloba leaves; Ginkgo biloba nuts

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 0036403796     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(02)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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