Chemical and antioxidant properties of pomegranate cultivars grown in the Mediterranean region of Turkey

Food Chemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 703-706

  Ozgen, Mustafa ^a   Durgaç, Coşkun ^b   Serçe, Sedat ^b   Kaya, Cemal ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activity; Phenolic; Pomegranate; Punica garanatum

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUGAR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POMEGRANATE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 43949103911     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.04.043     Document Type: Article

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