Antioxidant activities and polyphenol contents of six folk medicinal ferns used as "Gusuibu"

Botanical Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-406

  Chang, Hung Chi ^a   Huang, Guan Jhong ^a   Agrawal, Dinesh Chandra ^b   Kuo, Chao Lin ^a   Wu, Chi Rei ^a   Tsay, Hsin Sheng ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Gusuibu; Medicinal fern; Polyphenols contents; Radical scavenging activity; Reducing capacity

Indexed keywords

DAVALLIA MARIESII; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 36849093874     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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