Antitumour and antioxidant potential of some selected Pakistani honeys

Food Chemistry

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 362-366

  Noor, Nadia ^a   Sarfraz, Raja Adil ^a   Ali, Shaukat ^a   Shahid, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Antioxidant potential; Antitumour activity; Honey; Potato disc assay

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIA; FOOD PRODUCTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CONTENTS; ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL; ANTITUMOUR ACTIVITY; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER; HONEY; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; QUERCETIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HONEY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POTATO; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SPECTROSCOPY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84884555371     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.07.084     Document Type: Article

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