Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) Extracts

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 7788-7791

  Hu, Yun ^a   Xu, Juan ^a,b   Hu, Qiuhui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Antioxidant activity; Extract; Growth period

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; FLAVONOID; LINOLEIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; RADICAL;

ALOE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; EXTRACTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POWDER;

ALOE; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; ETHANOL; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LINOLEIC ACID; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; TIME FACTORS;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ALOE; ALOE VERA;

EID: 0347480130     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf034255i     Document Type: Article

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