Antioxidant capacity and phenolic content of Rumex dentatus L. Grown in Egypt

Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Elzaawely, Abdelnaser Abdelghany ^a   Tawata, Shinkichi ^b  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; GC MS; HPLC; phenolic compounds; Rumex dentatus L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884757326     PISSN: 19759479     EISSN: 20058276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12892-011-0063-x     Document Type: Article

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