Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Allium roseum L. lazoul, a wild edible endemic species in North Africa

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 371-380

  Najjaa, Hanen ^a,b   Zerria, Khaled ^a   Fattouch, Sami ^c   Ammar, Emna ^b   Neffati, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ABTS+; Allium; Antibacterial; Antioxidant; DPPH; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ABTS+; ALLIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL; ANTIOXIDANT; DPPH; POLYPHENOLS;

MICROORGANISMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM ROSEUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 79952137685     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: 15322386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10942910903203164     Document Type: Article

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