Antioxidant properties of the major polyphenolic compounds in broccoli

Free Radical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-435

  Plumb, Geoffrey W ^a   Price, Keith R ^a   Rhodes, Michael J C ^a   Williamson, Gary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Broccoli; Ferulic acid; Flavonol glycosides; Hydroxycinnamic acid esters; Lipid peroxidation; Quercetin; Sinapic acid; TEAC

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOL; GLYCOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 SOPHOROSIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 0031446566     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709065782     Document Type: Article

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