Phenol Antioxidant Quantity and Quality in Foods: Vegetables

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3630-3634

  Vinson, Joe A ^a   Hao, Yong ^a   Su, Xuehui ^a   Zubik, Ligia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Lipoprotein oxidation; Phenols; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001126953     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980295o     Document Type: Article

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