Assessment of in vitro antioxidant capacity and polyphenolic composition of selected medicinal herbs from Leguminosae family in Peninsular Malaysia

Food Chemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Chew, Yik Ling ^a   Goh, Joo Kheng ^a   Lim, Yau Yan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bauhinia kockiana; Caesalpinia pulcherrima; Cassia surattensis; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FERROUS ION; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; RUTOSIDE; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAUHINIA; CAESALPINIA; HERB; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; SENNA;

BAUHINIA KOCKIANA; CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA; FABACEAE; SENNA SURATTENSIS;

EID: 64649097876     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.01.091     Document Type: Article

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