Antioxidant activity of some phanerogam plant extracts

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Condrat, Dumitru ^a   Szabo, Maria Raluca ^a   Crişan, Florin ^b   Lupea, Alfa Xenia ^c  

^a AUREL VLAICU UNIVERSITY OF ARAD   (Romania)

^b County Lab for Pesticides Quality Control ^*  (Romania)

^c POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Alcoholic extract; Antioxidant activity; Flavones; Phanerogam plants

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ACORUS CALAMUS; AGRIMONIA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; EQUISETALES; VERONICA; VERONICA OFFICINALIS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 62449262447     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.15.95     Document Type: Article

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