Antioxidant activity of Portuguese honey samples: Different contributions of the entire honey and phenolic extract

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1438-1443

  Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a   Aires, Edmur ^a   Barreira, João C M ^a   Estevinho, Letícia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Discriminant analysis; Honey; Peroxidation inhibition; Phenolics; Scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249084775     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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