Antioxidant properties of extracts of wild medicinal mushroom species from croatia

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-263

  Piljac Žegarac, Jasenka ^a   Šamec, Dunja ^a   Piljac, Ante ^b   Mešić, Armin ^a   Tkalčec, Zdenko ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Auricularia auricula judae; Medicinal mushrooms; Radical scavenging; Reducing power; Sarcoscypha austriaca; Strobilurus esculentus; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; AURICULARIA AURICULA JUDAE EXTRACT; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GALLIC ACID; METHANOL; PHENOL; SARCOSCYPHA AUSTRIA EXTRACT; STROBILURUS ESCULENTUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; LENTINULA EDODES; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AGARICALES; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CROATIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; METHANOL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PICRATES; SOLVENTS; WATER;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; AURICULARIA AURICULA-JUDAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; LENTINULA EDODES; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; SARCOSCYPHA AUSTRIACA; STROBILURUS ESCULENTUS;

EID: 79960055914     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v13.i3.50     Document Type: Article

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