Antioxidant activity and phenolic content in organic and conventional vegetables;Atividade antioxidante e teor de fenólicos totais em hortaliças orgânicas e convencionais

Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 501-506

  Arbos, Kettelin Aparecida ^a   de Freitas, Renato João Sossela ^b   Stertz, Sônia Cachoeira ^b   Dornas, Marios Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ANHANGUERA UNIDERP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant action; DPPH; Phenolic; Production system; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955535018     PISSN: 01012061     EISSN: 1678457X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-20612010000200031     Document Type: Article

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