Proximate composition and free radical scavenging activity of edible fruits from the Argentinian Yungas

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1357-1364

  Schmeda Hirschmann, Guillermo ^a   Feresin, Gabriela ^b   Tapia, Alejandro ^a,b   Hilgert, Norma ^c   Theoduloz, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentinian yungas; Free radical scavenging activity; Gunnera; Myrtaceae; Proximate composition; Rubus; Solanaceae; Trichocereus

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA; CELTIS; CYPHOMANDRA BETACEAE; GUNNERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; OBTUSIFOLIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; PSIDIUM GUINEENSE; RHIPSALIS; RUBUS; RUBUS IMPERIALIS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; SIDEROXYLON; SIDEROXYLON OBTUSIFOLIUM; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; TRICHOCEREUS; ULMACEAE; VASCONCELLEA QUERCIFOLIA;

EID: 19544391405     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2098     Document Type: Article

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