Antioxidant activity, phenolic-flavonoid content and high-performance liquid chromatography profiling of three different variants of Syzygium cumini seeds: A comparative study

Journal of Intercultural Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 107-114

  Priya, Syama Hari ^a   Prakasan, Nisha ^a   Purushothaman, Jayamurthy ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; High performance liquid chromatography; Syzygium cumini; Total flavonoid content; Total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014256520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21468397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5455/jice.20161229055555     Document Type: Article

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