Antioxidant activities of mucilages from different Taiwanese yam cultivars

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-188

  Lin, Shyr Yi ^a,b   Liu, Hao Yu ^c   Lu, Yeh Lin ^c   Hou, Wen Chi ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1,1 diphenyl 2 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical; Electron spin resonance (ESR); Hydroxyl radical; Mucilage; Superoxide radical; Yam

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 24944473402     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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