Variation in contents of total phenolics and flavonoids and antioxidant activities in the leaves of 11 Eriobotrya species

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 200-204

  Hong, Yanping ^a,b   Lin, Shunquan ^a   Jiang, Yueming ^c   Ashraf, Muhammad ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONGYAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Eriobotrya; Flavonoid; Phenolic; Reducing power

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LOQUAT; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ERIOBOTRYA; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ERIOBOTRYA; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA;

EID: 58549086323     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-008-0088-6     Document Type: Article

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