Antioxidant activity of extracts from the bark of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl.

Holzforschung

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-462

  Gao, Heng ^a   Shupe, Todd F ^a   Hse, Chung Y ^b   Eberhardt, Thomas L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Folin Ciocalteu method; Free radical scavenger; Methanol extracts; Port Orford cedar; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; EXTRACTION;

FOLIN-CIOCALTEU METHOD; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGER; METHANOL EXTRACTS; PORT-ORFORD CEDAR; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BARK; BUTANOLS; ETHYL ACETATE; EXTRACTION; GALLIC ACID;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA;

EID: 33746527410     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2006.073     Document Type: Article

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