Anti-oxidant activities and total phenolics contents of leaf extracts from 14 cultivars of walnut (Juglans regia L.)

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 504-508

  Cosmulescu, S ^a   Trandafir, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

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EID: 84870546956     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2012.11512902     Document Type: Article

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