The relative contributions of ascorbic acid and phenolic antioxidants to the total antioxidant activity of orange and apple fruit juices and blackcurrant drink

Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-337

  Miller, Nicholas J ^a   Rice Evans, Catherine A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; HESPERIDIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHLORETIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; DECOMPOSITION; FRUIT JUICE;

CITRUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030797795     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(96)00339-1     Document Type: Article

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