Bioactive properties of wild blueberry fruits

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 352-356

  Smith, M A L ^a   Marley, K A ^a   Seigler, D ^a   Singletary, K W ^a   Meline, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Blueberries; Cancer preventives; Cardioprotective compounds; Fractionation; Phenolics; Vaccinium angustifolium

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0034050197     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2000.tb16006.x     Document Type: Article

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