Antioxidant activity and phenol content of plant germplasm originating in the dead sea area

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Dudai, Nativ ^a   Raz, Anat ^b   Hofesh, Nitza ^b   Rozenzweig, Nancy ^a   Aharon, Rafael ^c   Fischer, Ravit ^a   David, Chaimovitsh ^a   Daniel, Segev ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Kibbutz Ein Gedi   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acacia raddiana; Antioxidative activity; Dead Sea flora; Grewia villosa; Lawsonia alba; Suaeda vera; Tamarix nilotica; Total phenol content

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALORIMETRY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GERMPLASM; PHENOL; SAMPLING; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SHRUB;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

ACACIA; ACACIA RADDIANA; GREWIA; LAWSONIA INERMIS; SUAEDA VERA; TAMARIX NILOTICA; VILLOSA;

EID: 70350346622     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.56.3.227     Document Type: Article

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