Antioxidant activity, phenol and flavonoid contents of 13 citrus species peels and tissues

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-281

  Ghasemi, Kamran ^a   Ghasemi, Yosef ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^b  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Citrus; Flavonoids content; Peels; Phenolic content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOFLAVONOID; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; GALLIC ACID; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; PHENOL; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; GRAPEFRUIT; IC 50; IRAN; LEMON; MANDARIN; SATSUMA; SOUR ORANGE; SWEET ORANGE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CITRUS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; IRAN; PHENOL; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 68549092792     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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