Total antioxidant capacity of fruits

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 701-705

  Wang, Hong ^a   Cao, Guohua ^a,b   Prior, Ronald L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Free radicals; Fruits; Peroxyl radical

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; CITRUS X PARADISI; CUCUMIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SOLANUM MURICATUM; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0001601781     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950579y     Document Type: Article

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