Antioxidant properties of liqueurs - An EPR study

Journal of Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 145-149

  Staško, Andrej ^a   Brezová, Vlasta ^a   Biskupič, Stanislav ^a   Rapta, Peter ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidants; DPPH; EPR; Liqueur; Radical scavenging; TEAC

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349062719     PISSN: 13368672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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