A New Test Method for the Evaluation of Total Antioxidant Activity of Herbal Products

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Zaporozhets, Olga A ^a   Krushynska, Olena A ^a   Lipkovska, Natalia A ^b   Barvinchenko, Valentina N ^b  

^a TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity evaluation; Caffeic acid; Echinacea; Flavonoid; Modified silica; Quercetin; Solid phase reagent; Spectrophotometry; Tannin; Tea; Test method

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAFFEIC ACID; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; REAGENT; RUTOSIDE; SILICA GEL; TANNIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ECHINACEA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAFFEIC ACIDS; ECHINACEA; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUERCETIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEA;

EID: 0347355027     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0343480     Document Type: Article

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