Epicatechin content and antioxidant capacity of cocoa beans from four different countries

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1052-1059

  Othman, Azizah ^a   Jalil, Abbe Maleyki Mhd ^b   Weng, Kong Kin ^b   Ismail, Amin ^b   Ghani, Nawalyah Abd ^b   Adenan, Ilham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Forest Research Institute Malaysia FRIM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cocoa beans; Epicatechin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; EPICATECHIN; TROLOX C; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CACAO; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COTE D'IVOIRE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GHANA; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 77249141156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1219     Document Type: Article

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