Effect of particle size upon the extent of extraction of antioxidant power from the plants Agrimonia eupatoria, Salvia sp. and Satureja montana

Food Chemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-416

  Gião, Maria S ^a   Pereira, Cláudia I ^a   Fonseca, Susana C ^a   Pintado, Manuela E ^a   Malcata, F Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ABTS radical dot +; Agrimony; Granulometry; Phenolic compounds; Sage; Savoury; Sieve

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AGRIMONIA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PORTUGAL; SALVIA; SAVORY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGRIMONIA; AGRIMONIA EUPATORIA; SALVIA; SATUREJA MONTANA;

EID: 67349151386     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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