Superoxide and hydroxyl radical scavenging actions of botanical extracts of Wagatea spicata

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 631-634

  Samak, Geetha ^a   Shenoy, Revathi P ^b   Manjunatha, S M ^b   Vinayak, K S ^c  

^a DVS College of Arts and Science   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Free radical; Hydroxyl; Phenolics; Superoxide; Wagatea spicata

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349157279     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.12.078     Document Type: Article

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