Antioxidant activity in vitro of selected Peruvian medicinal plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 675, Issue , 2005, Pages 103-106

  Lock, O ^a   Castillo, P ^a   Doroteo, V ^a   Rojas, R ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

DPPH; Free radicals; Radical scavengers; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649097625     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.675.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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