Preliminary assessment of antioxidant activity of young edible leaves of seven Ficus species in the ethnic diet in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China

Food Chemistry

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 889-894

  Shi, Yin Xian ^a,b   Xu, You Kai ^a   Hu, Hua Bin ^a   Na, Zhi ^a   Wang, Wen Hui ^c  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Ficus species; Flavonoids; Free radicals; Lipid peroxidation; Phenolics; Reducing power

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; FICUS SPECIES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHENOLICS; REDUCING POWER;

FREE RADICALS; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

AGENTS;

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; FICUS AURICULATA EXTRACT; FICUS CALLOSA EXTRACT; FICUS OLIGODON EXTRACT; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; FICUS SUBLANCEOLATA EXTRACT; FICUS VASCULOSA EXTRACT; FICUS VIRENS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FICUS; FICUS AURICULATA; FICUS CALLOSA; FICUS OLIGODON; FICUS RACEMOSA; FICUS SUBLANCEOLATA; FICUS VASCULOSA; FICUS VIRENS; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

FICUS AURICULATA; FICUS CALLOSA; FICUS RACEMOSA; FICUS VIRENS; OLIGODON;

EID: 79958068135     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.03.113     Document Type: Article

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