Peel extracts of two Iranian cultivars of pomegranate (Punica granatum) have antioxidant and antimutagenic activities

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1402-1405

  Ghasemian, Alireza ^a   Mehrabian, Seddigheh ^a   Majd, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ames test; Anticarcinogens; Antimutagenicity; Antioxidant capacity; Polyphenols; Pomegranate; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33745765634     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1402.1405     Document Type: Article

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