Influence of some experimental variables and matrix components in the determination of antioxidant properties by β-carotene bleaching assay: Experiments with BHT used as standard antioxidant

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-840

  Dawidowicz, Andrzej L ^a   Olszowy, Małgorzata ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotene bleaching assay; Antioxidant properties; Butylohydroxytoluene (BHT); Free radical

Indexed keywords

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BUTYLOHYDROXYTOLUENE (BHT); CONCENTRATION CHANGE; MATRIX COMPONENTS; MEASURING SYSTEMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

CLEANING; EXPERIMENTS; FREE RADICALS; METAL IONS;

BLEACHING;

EID: 77956875654     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-010-1333-4     Document Type: Article

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