Radical scavenging activity in fruit extracts

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 679, Issue , 2005, Pages 201-203

  Surinrut, Piyawan ^a   Kaewsutthi, Supannee ^a   Surakarnkul, Ranee ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RAMKHAMHAENG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DPPH; Free radicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450158822     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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