Antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of different parts of guava (Psidium guajava L.)

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1095-1100

  You, Dong Hyun ^a   Park, Ji Won ^a   Yuk, Hyun Gyun ^b   Lee, Seung Cheol ^a  

^a Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; guava; tyrosinase inhibitory activity

Indexed keywords

ACETONE EXTRACTS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ETHANOL EXTRACT; GALLIC ACIDS; GUAVA; LEAF EXTRACTS; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; REDUCING POWER; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; TYROSINASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITIES; TYROSINASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; WATER EXTRACTS;

ACETONE; ETHANOL; FRUITS; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHENOLS; SEED;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 80053939277     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-011-0148-9     Document Type: Article

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