Characterization of Industrial Onion Wastes (Allium cepa L.): Dietary Fibre and Bioactive Compounds

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-57

  Benítez, Vanesa ^a   Mollá, Esperanza ^a   Martín Cabrejas, María A ^a   Aguilera, Yolanda ^a   López Andréu, Francisco J ^a   Cools, Katherine ^b   Terry, Leon A ^b   Esteban, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alk(en)yl cystein sulphoxides; Antioxidant activity; Dietary fibre; Flavonols; Fructans; Onion wastes

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FRUCTAN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; SULFOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; ONION; PLANT ROOT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY FIBER; FLAVONOLS; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUCTANS; ONIONS; PHENOLS; PLANT ROOTS; QUERCETIN; SULFOXIDES;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 79955138217     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0212-x     Document Type: Article

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