Antioxidant Activity of Green Tea and Its Catechins in a Fish Meat Model System

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4262-4266

  He, Yuehua ^a   Shahidi, Fereidoon ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Catechins; Fish meat; Green tea; Oxidative stability; Tea extracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001031898     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9706134     Document Type: Article

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