Biochemical characteristics of the herb mixture prolipid as a plant food supplement and medicinal remedy

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 145-150

  Jastrzębski, Zenon ^a   Tashma, Zev ^b   Katrich, Elena ^b   Gorinstein, Shela ^b  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Antioxidants; Plant food supplement; Prolipid herb mixture; Radical scavenging assays

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448954950     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-007-0055-7     Document Type: Article

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