Antioxidant capacity and hydrophilic phytochemicals in commercially grown native Australian fruits

Food Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1048-1054

  Konczak, Izabela ^a   Zabaras, Dimitrios ^a   Dunstan, Matthew ^a   Aguas, Patricia ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acronychia acidula; Citrus australasica; Citrus glauca; Davidsonia pruriens; Ethnic foods; ORAC; Organic acids; Phenolic compounds; Santalum acuminatum; Syzygium luehmannii; Terminalia ferdinandiana

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; FLAVANONE; FLAVONOL; IRON; KAEMPFEROL; MALIC ACID; MYRICETIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN;

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; FRUIT; LEMON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLUM; REDUCTION; SANTALACEAE; TERMINALIA;

ACRONYCHIA ACIDULA; CITRUS; DAVIDSONIA PRURIENS; MICROCITRUS AUSTRALASICA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SANTALUM ACUMINATUM; SYZYGIUM LUEHMANNII; TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 77954956186     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.05.060     Document Type: Article

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