Bioactive extracts from Cistus ladanifer and Arbutus unedo L.

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-167

  Andrade, Daniela ^a   Gil, Cristina ^a   Breitenfeld, Luiza ^b   Domingues, Fernanda ^a   Duarte, Ana Paula ^a  

^a Research Unit of Textile and Paper Materials   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Arbutus unedo; Cell viability; Cistus ladanifer; Flavonoid content; Phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARBUTUS UNEDO; CELL VIABILITY; CISTUS LADANIFER; FLAVONOID CONTENT; PHENOLIC CONTENT;

CELL MEMBRANES; ETHANOL; PHENOLS;

CELL CULTURE;

ACETONE; ANGIOSPERM; ETHANOL; EVERGREEN TREE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACTIVE PROPERTY; EXTRACTION METHOD; PLANT EXTRACT;

EID: 67349210680     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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