Tea and herbal infusions: Their antioxidant activity and phenolic profile

Food Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Atoui, Ali K ^a   Mansouri, Abdelhak ^a   Boskou, George ^b   Kefalas, Panagiotis ^a  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Herbal infusion; LC MS; Phenolic acids; Tea

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; TROLOX C; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTROSPRAY; EXTRACT; HERB; IC 50; INFUSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA;

EID: 3543054640     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.01.075     Document Type: Article

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