Antioxidant activity and phenolic content of various date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) fruits from Iran

Food Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1636-1641

  Biglari, Foroogh ^a   AlKarkhi, Abbas F M ^a   Easa, Azhar Mat ^a  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant activity; FRAP; Iranian date palm fruit; Total phenolic content and total flavonoid

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATE (FRUIT); FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER METHOD; FOLIN CIOCALTEAU COLORIMETRY; IRAN; TROLOX EQUIVALENT ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY METHOD;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 36448983907     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.10.033     Document Type: Article

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