Quantitative determination of arbutin and hydroquinone in different plant materials by HPLC

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-113

  Rychlińska, Izabela ^a   Nowak, Sławomira ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arbutin; Hydroquinone; Quantitative analysis; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869070867     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha4027987     Document Type: Article

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