Distribution of 127 edible plant species for antioxidant activities by two assays

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2395-2403

  Yang, Ray Yu ^a,b   Tsou, Samson C S ^a   Lee, Tung Ching ^c   Wu, Wan Jan ^a   Hanson, Peter M ^a   Kuo, George ^a   Engle, Liwayway M ^a   Lai, Po Yung ^b  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Edible plants; Indigenous vegetables; SOS; TEAC

Indexed keywords

CEDRELA; CEDRELA SINENSIS; OROXYLUM INDICUM; SENNA; SENNA SIAMEA; SENNA TORA;

EID: 33750605097     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2630     Document Type: Article

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