Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of some promising wild edible fruits

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1109-1116

  Prakash, D ^a   Upadhyay, G ^b   Gupta, C ^a   Pushpangadan, P ^a   Singh, K K ^c  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Antiradical power; Dna nicking; Free radical scavenging activity; Total phenolic contents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864804712     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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