Antioxidant capacities of some food plants wildly grown in ayvalik of Turkey

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Alpinar, Kerim ^a   Özyürek, Mustafa ^a   Kolak, Ufuk ^a   Güçlü, Kubilay ^a   Aras, Çiǧdem ^b   Altun, Mehmet ^a   Çelik, Saliha Esin ^a   Berker, Kadriye Isil ^a   Bektaşog̈lu, Burcu ^a   Apak, Reşat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Pharmacy Aras ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Ayvalik food plants; CUPRAC (cupric reducing antioxidant capacity) assay

Indexed keywords

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; FOENICULUM VULGARE; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; PAPAVER; PAPAVER RHOEAS; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; RUMEX PULCHER; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER; SONCHUS ASPER SUBSP. GLAUCESCENS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; URTICA PILULIFERA;

EID: 62449234910     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.15.59     Document Type: Article

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