Phenolic Compounds and Vitamin Antioxidants of Caper (Capparis spinosa)

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-265

  Tlili, Nizar ^a,b   Khaldi, Abdelhamid ^b   Triki, Saida ^a   Munné Bosch, Sergi ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caper (Capparis spinosa); Carotenoids; Phenolic compounds; Rutin; Tocopherols; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS SPINOSA;

EID: 77957131144     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-010-0180-6     Document Type: Article

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