Açaí (Euterpe oleraceae) 'BRS Pará': A tropical fruit source of antioxidant dietary fiber and high antioxidant capacity oil

Food Research International

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2100-2106

  Rufino, Maria do Socorro M ^a,b,e   Pérez Jiménez, Jara ^b,f   Arranz, Sara ^b   Alves, Ricardo Elesbão ^c   de Brito, Edy S ^c   Oliveira, Maria S P ^d   Saura Calixto, Fulgencio ^b  

^a Federal University of Semi Arid Region   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA TROPICAL   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA IQAC CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Antioxidant dietary fiber; Euterpe oleraceae; Oil; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; DIETARY FIBERS; EUTERPE OLERACEAE; OIL; POLYPHENOLS;

FIBERS; FRUITS; PHENOLS; VEGETABLE OILS;

AGENTS;

BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; EUTERPE;

EID: 79959956348     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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