Antioxidant activity of seagrasses and seaweeds

Botanica Marina

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-257

  Athiperumalsami, Thirumalai ^a   Rajeswari, V Devi ^a   Poorna, S Hastha ^b   Kumar, Venkataraman ^a   Jesudass, L Louis ^c  

^a V O CHIDAMBARAM COLLEGE   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ST XAVIER S COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Gulf of Mannar; Phytoconstituent; Seagrasses; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RADICAL; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAGRASS; SEAWEED; VITAMIN;

HALOPHILA OVALIS;

EID: 77953280089     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2010.032     Document Type: Article

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