Assay of antioxidant potential of two Aspergillus isolates by different methods under various physio-chemical conditions

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 765-777

  Arora, Daljit Singh ^a   Chandra, Priyanka ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant potential; Aspergillus; Dot blot assay; DPPH assay; FRAP assay; Reducing power; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 77954307685     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822010000300029     Document Type: Article

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