Electrochemical determination of antioxidant capacity of fruit tea infusions

Food Chemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 820-825

  Piljac Žegarac, Jasenka ^a   Valek, Lidija ^b   Stipčević, Tamara ^a   Martinez, Sanja ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Antioxidant composite index; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemistry; Fruit juices

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GALLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APPLE; APRICOT; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHERRY; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; FRUIT TEA; GRAPE; ORANGE (FRUIT); PEACH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRAWBERRY; TANGERINE; TEA;

EID: 77649189214     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.090     Document Type: Article

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