Antioxidant potency of phenolic phytochemicals from the root extract of Acacia confusa

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 871-878

  Lin, H Y ^a   Chang, S T ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acacia confusa; Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Melacacidin; Okanin; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

ACACIA CONFUSA; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; MELACACIDIN; OKANIN; PHENOLICS;

BIOASSAY; FLAVONOIDS; OXYGEN;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

ANTIOXIDANT; DICOTYLEDON; ETHANOL; FRACTIONATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLUBILIZATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84881011443     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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