Antioxidant capacities, procyanidins and pigments in avocados of different strains and cultivars

Food Chemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1193-1198

  Wang, Wei ^a   Bostic, Terrell R ^a   Gu, Liwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Avocado; Flavanols; Pigments; Procyanidins

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CATECHIN; CHLOROPHYLL; EPICATECHIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AVOCADO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; FOOD PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 77951939303     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.03.114     Document Type: Article

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