Chemical composition and anti-proliferative properties of flowers of Clitoria ternatea

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1229-1234

  Neda, G D ^a   Rabeta, M S ^a   Ong, M T ^b  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE INFORMM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cancer cell line; Content; Gas Chromatogram Mass; Mineral and heavy metal; MTT assay; Proximate analysis; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880587160     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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