Phytonutrients affecting hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidant activities in fruits, vegetables and legumes

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1096-1107

  Cho, Yoon Suk ^a   Yeum, Kyung Jin ^b   Chen, Chung Yen ^b   Beretta, Giangiacomo ^b   Tang, Guangwen ^b   Krinsky, Norman I ^b,c   Yoon, Sun ^a   Yang, Cha Lee Kim ^a   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^b   Russell, Robert M ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Fruits; Legumes; Lipophilic antioxidant performance (LAP); Oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC); Tocopherols; Total phenols; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247510692     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2817     Document Type: Article

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