Antioxidant activities of methanol extract of some astragalus species wildly growing in erzurum

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 826, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-64

  Sokmen, M ^a   Gulluce M ^b   Agar, G ^b   Sengul, M ^b   Sahin, F ^c   Baris O ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Astragalus; DPPH method; Linoleic Acid Assay

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS GALEGIFORMIS; ASTRAGALUS MICROCEPHALUS; MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 70350065713     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.826.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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