Phenolics: Prooxidants or antioxidants?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 11 I, 1997, Pages 396-398

  Decker, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; SHORT SURVEY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0031439712     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1997.tb01580.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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