Determination and comparison of chemical characteristics of arbutus unedo L. and Arbutus andrachnae L. (Family Ericaceae) fruits

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1013-1018

  Şeker, Murat ^a   Toplu, Celil ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; Arbutus; ascorbic acid; minerals; soluble sugars; total phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIOXIDANT; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNAE EXTRACT; ARBUTUS UNEDO EXTRACT; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FRUCTOSE; GALLIUM; GLUCOSE; IRON; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; MOLYBDENUM; PHENOL; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; SUCROSE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNAE; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAWBERRY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ERICACEAE; FRUIT; PLANT EXTRACTS; TURKEY;

ARBUTUS; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ERICACEAE;

EID: 77955197890     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0167     Document Type: Article

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