In vitro antioxidant properties of Cucurbita Pepo L. male and female flowers extracts

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 49-51

  Tarhan, Leman ^a   Kayali, Hulya Ayar ^a   Urek, Raziye Ozturk ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cucurbita pepo L. flowers; Radical scavenging activities; Reducing power; Total antioxidant capacity; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL P PICRYLHYDRAZYL; DIPHENYL-P-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; FREE RADICAL; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUASH;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CUCURBITA; FLOWERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HYDRAZINES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEX FACTORS;

CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 34447515775     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-006-0038-0     Document Type: Article

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