Antioxidant properties of tea and herbal infusions - A short report

Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-35

  Rusaczonek, Anna ^a   Świderski, Franciszek ^a   Waszkiewicz Robak, Bozena ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

ABTS +; Antioxidants; GAE; Herbal infusions; Polyphenols; Tea; TEAC

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CITRUS LIMON; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 77649307973     PISSN: 12300322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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