Hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidant activities of mistletoe (viscum album) as determined by FRAP method

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Vicas, Simona ^a   Prokisch, József ^b   Rugina, Dumitrita ^c   Socaciu, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

carotene; Antioxidant; FRAP assay; Phenolics; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER CAMPESTRE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POPULUS NIGRA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 77951968784     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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