Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of syzygium cumini leaves

Molecules

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2545-2556

  Zhi, Ping Ruan ^a,b   Liang, Liang Zhang ^a,b   Yi, Ming Lin ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Free radicals; High performance liquid chromatography; Syzygium cumini

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FERRIC ION; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EUGENIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT LEAF;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EUGENIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 55249122071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules13102545     Document Type: Article

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