Activity guided isolation of antioxidants from the leaves of Ricinus communis L.

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1069-1072

  Singh, Pradeep Pratap ^a   Ambika, ^a   Chauhan, S M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; DPPH ; Eri silkworm; Ricinus communis L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649104061     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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