In vitro antioxidant, antimicrobial, and antitumor activities of bitter almond and sweet apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) kernels

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 455-463

  Gomaa, Eman Zakaria ^a  

^a Roxy   (Egypt)

Author keywords

antimicrobial; antioxidant; antitumor activity; apricot kernel

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; FREE RADICALS; FRUITS; MICROORGANISMS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITIES; ANTIMICROBIAL; APRICOT KERNEL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84876855478     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-013-0101-1     Document Type: Article

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