Fatty acids, sterols, phenols and antioxidant activity of Phoenix theophrasti fruits growing in Crete, Greece

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-61

  Liolios, C C ^a   Sotiroudis, G T ^b   Chinou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Fatty acids; Phoenix theophrasti; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ARECACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLS; PHYTOSTEROLS;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 59849110615     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-008-0100-1     Document Type: Article

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