'Limoncella' apple, an Italian apple cultivar: Phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant activity

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1333-1337

  D'Abrosca, Brigida ^a   Pacifico, Severina ^a   Cefarelli, Giuseppe ^a   Mastellone, Claudio ^a   Fiorentino, Antonio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; cv 'Limoncella' apple; Flavonoids; Phenols; Radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOID; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDASE; PHLORIZIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34249047080     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.01.073     Document Type: Article

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