Antioxidant activity of palm oil carotenes in organic solution: Effects of structure and chemical reactivity

Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-321

  Olatunde Farombi, E ^a   Britton, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; HYDROPEROXIDE; PALM OIL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033004721     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(98)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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