Antioxidant potential of seaweeds occurring at Karachi coast of Pakistan

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Tariq, Amna ^a   Ara, Jehan ^a   Sultana, Viqar ^a   Ehteshamul Haque, Syed ^a   Athar, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CORRELATION; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN; PHENOL; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAWEED; TOXICITY;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; DICTYOTA DICHOTOMA; STOKEYIA INDICA; ULVA; ULVA FASCIATA;

EID: 84856904853     PISSN: 16139216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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