Antioxidant capacity and anticancer properties of red raspberry

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 585, Issue , 2002, Pages 451-457

  Weber, Courtney ^a   Rui Hai Liu, ^b  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiproliferative activity; Cancer; Flavonoids; Phenolics; Phytochemical; Rubus idaeus; TOSC

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843128182     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.585.73     Document Type: Conference Paper

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