A phytochemical study and antioxidant potential of Portulaca oleracea L. (Purslane) grown wild in Bulgaria and Greece

Comptes Rendus de L'Academie Bulgare des Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 865-870

  Gevrenova, Reneta ^a   Zheleva Dimitrova, Dimitrina ^a   Balabanova, Vessela ^a   Lazarova, Irina ^a   Ruseva, Silviya ^a   Lozanov, Valentin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Polyphenols; Polysaccharides; Saponins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983465260     PISSN: 13101331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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