Assessment of the antioxidant properties of the caper fruit (Capparis spinosa L.) from Bahrain

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Allaith, Abdul Ameer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant activities; Caper; Capparis spinosa; DPPH; FRAP; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957716604     PISSN: 18153852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaubas.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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