Nutritional composition, antioxidant ability and flavonoid content of Tinospora crispa stem

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-94

  Amom, Zulkhairi ^a   Bahari, Hasnah ^a   Isemaail, Sakinah ^a   Ismail, Nur Amalina ^a   Shah, Zamree Md ^b   Arsyad, Mohd Shahidan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Flavonoid; Nutritional composition; Tinospora crispa

Indexed keywords

TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CRISPA;

EID: 73249152866     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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