Study of the DPPH{radical dot}-scavenging activity: Development of a free software for the correct interpretation of data

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 889-897

  Locatelli, Monica ^a   Gindro, Roberto ^a   Travaglia, Fabiano ^a   Coïsson, Jean Daniel ^a   Rinaldi, Maurizio ^a   Arlorio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; DPPH radical dot ; EC50; Outliers; Probit regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649100177     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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