Prooxidant/Antioxidant ratio (ProAntidex) as a better index of net free radical scavenging potential

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 7884-7892

  Ling, Lai Teng ^a   Palanisamy, Uma D ^b   Cheng, Hwee Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DPPH; Emblica ; Pro oxidant; Reducing power

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GRAPE; LAWSONIA INERMIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; STRAWBERRY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FRAGARIA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LAWSONIA PLANT; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEEDS; VITIS;

EID: 78649492890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15117884     Document Type: Article

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