Evaluation of antioxidant activities of extracts from 19 Chinese edible flowers

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Zeng, Youwei ^a   Deng, Maocheng ^a   Lv, Zhencheng ^b   Peng, Yonghong ^b,c  

^a GUANGDONG INDUSTRY TECHNICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b HUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Edible flowers; Extracts; Flavonoid content; Free radical scavenging activity; Polyphenolic content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904007688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-315     Document Type: Article

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