Screening of antioxidant and antibacterial activities of mulberry

Kasetsart Journal - Natural Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 775-783

  Patharakorn, Thipamon ^a   Wetprasit, Nuanchawee ^b   Promboon, Amornrat ^a   Ratanapo, Sunanta ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antioxidant; Mulberry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; MORUS (PLANT);

EID: 33847225612     PISSN: 00755192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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