Free radical-scavenging behaviour of some north-east Brazilian fruits in a DPPH{radical dot} system

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 693-695

  Rufino, Maria S M ^a   Fernandes, Fabiano A N ^b   Alves, Ricardo E ^c   de Brito, Edy S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI ÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA TROPICAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DPPH radical dot ; Kinetics; Radical scavenger; Tropical fruits

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049091187     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.09.098     Document Type: Article

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