Antioxidant potential of the aerial tissues of the mistletoe loranthus europaeus Jacq

Records of Natural Products

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 394-397

  Katsarou, Alexandra ^a   Rhizopoulou, Sophia ^a   Kefalas, Panagiotis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Berries; Flowers; Fruits; Leaves; Loranthus europaeus; Phenolics; Stems; Twigs

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; LORANTHUS EUROPAEUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BERRY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; FLOWER; FOLIN CIOCALTEU METHOD; FRUIT; LORANTHUS EUROPAEUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT STEM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84865356554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13076167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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