Antioxidant properties in vitro and total phenolic contents in methanol extracts from medicinal plants

LWT

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-390

  Li, Hua Bin ^a   Wong, Chi Chun ^a   Cheng, Ka Wing ^a   Chen, Feng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Ferric reducing antioxidant power assay; Natural products; Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity assay

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; FREE RADICALS; METHANOL; OXIDANTS;

ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; NATURAL PRODUCTS; TROLOX EQUIVALENT ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ASSAY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS RYNCHOPHYLLA; PAEONIA; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; SARGENTODOXA CUNEATA; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 36348987254     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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