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Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Content of Methanol and Ethanol Extracts from Leaves of Rockrose (Cistus ladaniferus)

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The authors would like to thank the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) for financing this research project (A/9934/07 and A/16296/08) and the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST) from Morocco for support the doctoral grant of one of the authors.

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  1. Laboratory of Biology and Health, Team Biotechnology and applied Microbiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, BP 2121, 93002, Tetouan, Morocco

    Mahassine Amensour, Nadia Skali-Senhaji & Jamal Abrini

  2. IPOA Research Group (REVIV-Generalitat Valenciana and UMH-1) Departmento de Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

    Esther Sendra, José Angel Pérez-Alvarez & Juana Fernández-López

  3. Departamento Tecnología Agroalimentaria, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Orihuela, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Ctra. Beniel Km 3.2, Orihuela, 03312, Alicante, Spain

    Juana Fernández-López

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Amensour, M., Sendra, E., Pérez-Alvarez, J.A. et al. Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Content of Methanol and Ethanol Extracts from Leaves of Rockrose (Cistus ladaniferus). Plant Foods Hum Nutr 65, 170–178 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11130-010-0168-2

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  • Cistus ladaniferus
  • Antioxidant properties
  • Polyphenols
  • Natural products