Antioxidant properties and total phenolic content of three varieties of carob tree leaves from Morocco

Records of Natural Products

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 193-204

  El Hajaji, Hanane ^a   Lachkar, Nadya ^b   Alaoui, Katim ^b   Cherrah, Yahya ^b   Farah, Abdellah ^c   Ennabili, Abdesslam ^c   El Bali, Brahim ^d   Lachkar, Mohammed ^a  

^a University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah   (Morocco)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Ceratonia siliqua L; Phenolic content

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYLCRESOL; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHER; GALLIC ACID; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; PHOSPHOMOLYBDIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CERETONIA SILIQUA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FEMALE; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TREE; VARIETAS;

CERATONIA SILIQUA;

EID: 78049354158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13076167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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