Antioxidant Compounds from Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Möench) Hulls

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1039-1044

  Watanabe, Mitsuru ^a   Ohshita, Yasuo ^a,c   Tsushida, Tojiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Fagopyrum esculentum; Flavonoids; Phenolic compounds; Proanthocyanidin

Indexed keywords

FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0000802245     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9605557     Document Type: Article

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