Antioxidant activity of Sonoran Desert bee pollen

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1299-1305

  LeBlanc, Blaise W ^a   Davis, Owen K ^b   Boue, Stephen ^c   DeLucca, Anthony ^c   Deeby, Thomas ^a  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bee pollen; DPPH; FRAP; GC MS; Phenolics; Radical; Solid phase micto extraction; SPME

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049108271     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.01.055     Document Type: Article

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