Antioxidative activities of water extracts of some Malaysian herbs

ASEAN Food Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Huda Faujan, N ^a   Noriham, A ^b   Norrakiah, A S ^c   Babji, A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidative activities; Malaysian herbs; Reducing power; Thiobarbituric Acid (TBA); Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

CENTELLA ASIATICA; COSMOS; COSMOS CAUDATUS; MURRAYA; MURRAYA KOENIGII; OENANTHE JAVANICA; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM PERSICARIA; RAJA;

EID: 57549084805     PISSN: 01277324     EISSN: 15055337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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