Diversity of antioxidant properties and phenolic content of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruits as affected by cultivar and location

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Al Turki, Saleh ^a   Shahba, Mohamed A ^a   Stushnoff, Cecil ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

ABTS; Antioxidant; Date fruits; Date palm cultivars; DPPH; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DATE (FRUIT); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PALM TREE; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED STATES;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 76649120538     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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