Evaluation of antioxidant activities of various solvent extracts of Carissa opaca fruits

Food Chemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1205-1211

  Sahreen, Sumaira ^a   Khan, Muhammad Rashid ^a   Khan, Rahmat Ali ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carissa opaca; DPPH; Fruit; Phenolics; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARISSA OPACA EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CHLOROFORM; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LINOLEIC ACID; RUTOSIDE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARISSA OPACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; IRON CHELATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PEROXIDATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CARISSA;

EID: 77951937353     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.03.120     Document Type: Article

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