Influence of altitudinal variation on the antioxidant potential of tartar buckwheat of Western Himalaya

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1355-1363

  Kishore, Garima ^a   Ranjan, Shashi ^b   Pandey, Anjana ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Gratudate Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Research   (India)

Author keywords

carotene; Altitudinal variation; Antioxidant potential; Polyphenol; Tartar buckwheat

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL VARIATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL; ANTIRADICAL ACTIVITIES; DRY WEIGHT; GALLIC ACIDS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIMALAYAS; METHANOLIC EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOL CONTENT; POLYPHENOLS; TARTAR BUCKWHEAT; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; TOTAL PHENOLS;

PHENOLS; SEED;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 79957657392     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-010-0193-9     Document Type: Article

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