Free radical scavenging and antioxidant activities of silymarin components

Antioxidants

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 398-407

  Anthony, Kevin P ^a   Saleh, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food supplements; Hepatoprotection; Milk thistle; Silybum marianum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903176624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox2040398     Document Type: Article

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