Major anthocyanins and antioxidant activity of Nasturtium flowers (Tropaeolum majus)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-49

  Garzon G A ^a   Wrolstad, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABTS; Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activity; DPPH; Nasturtium flowers; Total phenolics content; Tropaeolum majus

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149485224     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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