Antioxidant activity of ethanolic fractions of Polish propolis

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 67 C, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 545-550

  Kurek Górecka, Anna M ^a   Sobczak, Andrzej ^a,b   Rzepecka Stojko, Anna ^a   Górecki, Michał T ^a   Wardas, Maria ^a   Pawłowska Góral, Katarzyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Extraction; Propolis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873906481     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2012-11-1203     Document Type: Article

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