Antioxidation capacities of extracts from green, purple, and white asparagus spears related to polyphenol concentration

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1221-1224

  Maeda, Tomoo ^a   Kakuta, Hideo ^a   Sonoda, Takahiro ^b   Motoki, Satoru ^c   Ueno, Reiichiro ^d   Suzuki, Takashi ^e   Oosawa, Katsuji ^e  

^a Plant Echochemicals Research Center   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Pref Agric Exp Station   (Japan)

^c Experiment Station   (Japan)

^d Kamikawa Agricultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Flavonoids; Folin Denis' method; Quantification; Radical absorbing activity; Rutin

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANTS; EXTRACTION; PHENOLS; PROTEINS;

ANTIOXIDATION; ASPARAGUS SPEARS; BREEDING LINES; LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS (LDL);

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; EXTRACTIVES; FARM CROPS; PHENOLS; POLYPHENOLS; PROTEINS;

ASPARAGUS;

EID: 22444431839     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.5.1221     Document Type: Article

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