Antioxidant capacity of vegetables commonly consumed;Capacidade antioxidante de hortaliças usualmente consumidas

Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 639-644

  Melo, Enayde De Almeida ^a   Maciel, Maria Inès Sucupira ^a   Lima, Vera Lúcia Arroxelas Galvão ^a   Leal, Fernanda Lídia Lemos ^b   Caetano, Ana Carla Da Silva ^c   Nascimento, Rosilda Josefa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b PIBIC/CNPq UFRPE ^*

^c CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DPPH; Vegetables, antioxidant action; carotene linoleic acid model system

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SECHIUM EDULE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33750952268     PISSN: 01012061     EISSN: 1678457X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-20612006000300024     Document Type: Article

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