In vitro antioxidant activities of aqueous and methanolic extracts of Smyrnium cordifolium Boiss and Sinapis arvensis L.

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2111-2115

  Tabaraki, R ^a   Ghadiri, F ^a  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidants activity; Flavonoids; Lipid peroxidation; Total phenolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887507299     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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