Polyphenols and antioxidant capacity in fruits and vegetables common in the croatian diet

Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-179

  Verica, Dragović Uzelac ^a   Kovačević, Danijela Bursać ^a   Levaj, Branka ^a   Pedisić, Sandra ^b   Mezak, Mirela ^a   Tomljenović, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidant capacity; Fruits; Polyphenols; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; FRUIT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGANIC ACID; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PIGMENT; VEGETABLE;

ALLIUM PORRUM; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MELISSA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS CERASUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 76649133001     PISSN: 13317768     EISSN: 13317776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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