Investigation of the antioxidant behavior of air- and freeze-dried aromatic plant materials in relation to their phenolic content and vegetative cycle

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5743-5752

  Papageorgiou, Vassiliki ^a   Mallouchos, Athanasios ^a   Komaitis, Michael ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air drying; Antioxidant activity; Aromatic plants; Fennel; Freeze drying; Greek bay; Marjoram; Phenolics; Rosemary; RP HPLC; Spearmint

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; FENNEL; FREEZE DRYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAURUS; MENTHA; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; OREGANO; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; ROSEMARY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DESICCATION; FLAVONOIDS; FOENICULUM; FREEZE DRYING; LAURUS; MENTHA; ODORS; ORIGANUM; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; ROSMARINUS;

FOENICULUM VULGARE; LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS; MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM MAJORANA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 49049096493     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8009393     Document Type: Article

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