Advances in the analytical methods for determining the antioxidant properties of honey: A review

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Moniruzzaman, M ^a   Khalil, M I ^a   Sulaiman, S A ^a   Gan, S H ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant properties; DPPH; FRAP; Honey; ORAC; TEAC

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; FERROUS AMMONIUM SULFATE; FERROUS SULFATE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID);

ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ENZYME ASSAY; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; HONEY; IC 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION ASSAY; ORAC ASSAY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TROLOX EQUIVALENT ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY ASSAY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; FRAP; ORAC; REVIEW; TEAC;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICALS; HONEY; HUMANS;

ABTS; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; DPPH; FRAP; HONEY; ORAC; TEAC;

EID: 84904012468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v9i1.5     Document Type: Article

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