Evaluation of antioxidant activity and vitamin E profile of some selected indigenous vegetables in Nigerian diet

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-145

  Ogunlade, Ibiyinka ^a,b   Tucker, Gregory ^b   Fisk, Ian ^c   Ogunlade, Adebayo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADO EKITI   (Nigeria)

^b Division of Food Science   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Indigenous vegetables; Total phenolics; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; FERRIC ION; FREE RADICAL; PHENOL; TOCOPHEROL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS; DRY WEIGHT; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; SOLANUM MACROCARPON; TALINUM FRUTICOSUM; VEGETABLE;

CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS; SOLANUM MACROCARPON; TALINUM FRUTICOSUM;

EID: 66349115029     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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