Assessment of antioxidant activity of plant extracts by different methods

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 677, Issue , 2005, Pages 99-107

  Venskutonis, P R ^a   Gruzdiene, D ^a   Tirzite, D ^b   Tirzitis, G ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC SYNTHESIS   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Radical scavenging; Rapeseed oil oxidation; Reduction of ferric ions; Xanthine oxidase inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348934798     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.677.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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