Study on antioxidant capacity and phenolic content of various parts of wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1051-1056

  Abdullah, Noriham ^a   Wan Saidatul, Syida Wan Kamarudin ^a   Samicho, Zainal ^a   Zulkifli, Khairusy Syakirah ^a   Aziman, Nurain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Benincasa hispida; Ferric reducing activity; Phenolic content; Scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867686700     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.19.07.2900     Document Type: Article

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