Antioxidant activity and phenolic composition of wild, edible, and medicinal fennel from different Mediterranean countries

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1912-1920

  Faudale, Mariangela ^b   Viladomat, Francesc ^a   Bastida, Jaume ^a   Poli, Ferruccio ^b   Codina, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Fennel; Flavonoids; Foeniculum vulgare; HPLC; Phenolic acids; Radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FENNEL; MEDICINAL PLANT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; FOENICULUM; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SUPEROXIDES;

APIACEAE; APIALES; FOENICULUM VULGARE;

EID: 41849138669     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf073083c     Document Type: Article

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