Evaluation of phenolic contents and antioxidant activity of various solvent extracts of Sonchus asper (L.) Hill

Rahmat Ali Khan1, Muhammad Rashid Khan2, Sumaira Sahreen2, Mushtaq Ahmed1
1Department of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, KPK, Pakistan
2Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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