Phenolic production and antioxidant properties of some Macedonian medicinal plants

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 888-900

  Tusevski, Oliver ^a   Kostovska, Aneta ^a   Iloska, Ana ^a   Trajkovska, Ljubica ^a   Simic, Sonja Gadzovska ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Medicinal plants; Phenolics; Phenylpropanoids; Scavenging capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906280967     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-014-0322-1     Document Type: Article

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