Chemical analysis of Greek pollen - Antioxidant, antimicrobial and proteasome activation properties

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Graikou, Konstantia ^a   Kapeta, Suzanne ^b   Aligiannis, Nektarios ^a   Sotiroudis, George ^b   Chondrogianni, Niki ^b   Gonos, Efstathios ^b   Chinou, Ioanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

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EID: 79959462174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-5-33     Document Type: Article

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