The antioxidant and phylloquinone content of wildly grown greens in Crete

Food Chemistry

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 813-821

  Vardavas, C I ^a   Majchrzak, D ^b   Wagner, K H ^b   Elmadfa, I ^b   Kafatos, A ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Cretan diet; Phylloquinone; Polyphenols; Tocopherols; Wild greens

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; PHYTOMENADIONE; POLYPHENOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN K GROUP; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

LATHYRUS OCHRUS; PRASIUM MAJUS; RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33646562182     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.08.057     Document Type: Article

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