Antioxidant potential of peel essential oils of three Pakistani citrus species: Citrus reticulata, Citrus sinensis and Citrus paradisii

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1449-1454

  Kamal, Ghulam Mustafa ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin ^a   Hussain, Abdullah Ijaz ^b   Shahzadi, Andleeb ^c   Chughtai, Muhammad Ismail ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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