Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of four date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruit varieties grown in Tunisia

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2314-2319

  Saafi, Emna Behija ^a   El Arem, Amira ^a   Issaoui, Manel ^a   Hammami, Mohamed ^a   Achour, Lotfi ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medecine   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant activity; DPPH; Total phenolic content; Tunisian date palm fruit

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 70350225704     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.02075.x     Document Type: Article

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