Antioxidant and antilipoperoxidant activities of alkaloid and phenolic extracts of eight Fumaria species

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 501, Issue , 1999, Pages 239-244

  Sousek J ^a   Vavreckova C ^a   Psotova J ^a   Ulrichova J ^a   Simanek V ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antilipoperoxidant activity; Free radical scavenging activity; Fumaria extracts; Isoquinoline alkaloids; Phenolic acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149107589     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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