Antioxidants and free radical scavenging activity of brown algae of Visakhapatnam coast

Asian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 5347-5352

  Rajagopal, S V ^a   Raman, B V ^a   Bhaskar Reddy, I ^a   Rama Rao, M ^a   Sivakumar, K ^a  

^a GITAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Brown algae; Carotenoids; Phenolics; Radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949122056     PISSN: 09707077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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