Antioxidant properties of banana flower of two cultivars in China using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH,) reducing power, 2,2-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonate (ABTS) and inhibition of lipid peroxidation assays

Zhan-Wu Sheng; Wei-Hong Ma; Jin-He Gao; Yang Bi; Wei-Min Zhang; Hua-Ting Dou; Zhi-Qiang Jin

doi:10.5897/AJB10.1659

African Journal of
Biotechnology

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
Language: English
ISSN: 1684-5315
DOI: 10.5897/AJB
Start Year: 2002
Published Articles: 12487

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Antioxidant properties of banana flower of two cultivars in China using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH,) reducing power, 2,2â€™-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonate (ABTS) and inhibition of lipid peroxidation assays

Zhan-Wu Sheng1, Wei-Hong Ma1, Jin-He Gao1, Yang Bi2, Wei-Min Zhang3, Hua-Ting Dou4, Zhi-Qiang Jin1*

1Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, 570102 Haikou, Hainan, P. R. China. 2College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agriculture University, 730070 Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China. 3College of Food Science, Hainan University, 570028 Haikou, Hainan, P. R. China. 4Department of Citrus, Citrus Research and Education Center, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA.
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Article Number - 2719DA233807
Vol.10(21), pp. 4470-4477 , May 2011
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB10.1659

Accepted: 31 January 2011
Published: 23 May 2011

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