Antioxidant activity and total phenolics of some mangroves in Sundarbans

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 805-810

  Banerjee, Deepanjan ^a   Chakrabarti, Shrabana ^a   Hazra, Alok K ^a   Banerjee, Shivaji ^a   Ray, Jharna ^a   Mukherjee, Biswapati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Mangrove; Natural antioxidant; Radical scavenging ability; Reducing power; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG POTENCY; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

CERIOPS DECANDRA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 41749086914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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