Antioxidant activities of extracts from traditional maori food plants

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Gould, Kevin S ^a,b   Thodey, Kate ^a,b   Philpott, Martin ^c   Ferguson, Lynnette R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Flavonoids; Functional foods; Maori diet; New Zealand plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CORDYLINE; CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VACCINIUM;

EID: 33646837310     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2006.9513001     Document Type: Article

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