Phenolics, flavonoids content and antioxidant activities of 4 Malaysian herbal plants

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 759-766

  Othman, Azizah ^a,b   Mukhtar, Nor Juwariah ^a   Ismail, Nurul Syakirin ^a   Chang, Sui Kiat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Malaysian herbs; Total flavonoids content; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897005622     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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