Antioxidant activities of four edible seaweeds from the Southern coast of Thailand

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-223

  Yangthong, Monsuang ^a   Hutadilok Towatana, Nongporn ^a   Phromkunthong, Wutiporn ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Caulerpa racemosa; Gracilaria tenuistipitata; Sargassum sp.; Seaweed extract; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; SEAWEED; THAILAND; WATER VAPOR;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEAWEED; STEAM; THAILAND;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA VAR. MACROPHYSA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA TENUISTIPITATA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SP.; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 70349978346     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-009-0127-y     Document Type: Article

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