Antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of methanolic extracts from thirty Korean medicinal plants

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1235-1239

  Choi, Youngmin ^a   Gu, Ja Bi ^a   Kim, Myunghee ^b   Lee, Junsoo ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antiproliferation; Flavonoid; Medicinal plant; Polyphenolic

Indexed keywords

PUERARIA; PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 61349120231     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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