Profiling of phenolic compounds and their antioxidant and anticancer activities in pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.) extracts from different locations of Malaysia

Ghasemzadeh A; Jaafar HZ

doi:10.1186/1472-6882-13-341

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Profiling of phenolic compounds and their antioxidant and anticancer activities in pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.) extracts from different locations of Malaysia

Ghasemzadeh A ¹ , Jaafar HZ

Affiliations

¹ Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. alighasemzadeh@upm.edu.my

BMC Complement Altern Med, 2013;13:341.

PMID: 24289290 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-341

Abstract

Phytochemicals and antioxidants from plant sources are of increasing interest to consumers because of their roles in the maintenance of human health. Most of the secondary metabolites of herbs are used in a number of pharmaceutical products.

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