Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant evaluation of a water-soluble Moldavian balm (Dracocephalum moldavica L.) extract

LWT

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-248

  Dastmalchi, Keyvan ^a   Damien Dorman, H J ^a   Koşar, Müberra ^b   Hiltunen, Raimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chemical composition; Dracocephalum moldavica; Free radicals; Moldavian balm

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPOSITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHENOLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA; MOLDAVIAN BALM;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

BOS TAURUS; DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA;

EID: 33749246268     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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