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Synthesis, characterization and study of antioxidant activity of quercetin-magnesium complex

Nilanjan Ghosh1, Tania Chakraborty1, Sougata Mallick1

  • 1NSHM Knowledge Campus Kolkata, Group of Institutions, 124-BL Saha Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India.

Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
|July 15, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
Antioxidant activityFlavonoidsQuercetinQuercetin–magnesium complexRadical scavenging activitySpectral characterisation

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