Comparative study of antioxidant capacity in organs of different Allium species

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Štajner, Dubravka ^a   Popović, Boris M ^a  

^a Horticulture and Landscape Architecture   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Allium; Antioxidant; ESR

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM; ALLIUM FLAVUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASUM; ALLIUM URSINUM;

EID: 67349130213     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-009-0010-8     Document Type: Article

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