By-Products of Opuntia ficus-indica as a Source of Antioxidant Dietary Fiber

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-216

  Bensadón, Sara ^a   Hervert Hernández, Deisy ^a   Sáyago Ayerdi, Sonia G ^a   Goñi, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant dietary fiber; By products; Functional ingredients; Opuntia spp

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OPUNTIA; PLANT STEM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OPUNTIA; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT STEMS;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS;

EID: 77957123256     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-010-0176-2     Document Type: Article

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