Free radicals in velvet bean seeds (Mucuna pruriens L. DC.) and their status after γ-irradiation and conventional processing

LWT

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1570-1577

  Bhat, Rajeev ^a   Sridhar, Kandikere R ^a   Bhushan, Brij ^b  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Detection; Electron spin resonance; Free radicals; Heating; Mucuna seeds; Pounding; Radiation processing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOOD PROCESSING; GAMMA RAYS; HEATING; PHENOLS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SEED;

HYGIENIZATION; MUCUNA SEEDS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POUNDING; RADIATION PROCESSING;

FREE RADICALS;

MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS;

EID: 34250816812     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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