Phytochemical, antioxidant and mineral composition of hydroalcoholic extract of chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) leaves

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 322-326

  Abbas, Zahid Khorshid ^a   Saggu, Shalini ^a   Sakeran, Mohamed I ^a,b   Zidan, Nahla ^a,c   Rehman, Hasibur ^a   Ansari, Abid A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cichorium intybus L.; DPPH; Elemental analysis; Phytochemical screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955202441     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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