Phenolic compounds and the antioxidant activities in litchi pericarp: Difference among cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 784-789

  Wang, Hui Cong ^a   Hu, Zhi Qun ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Chen, Hou Bin ^a   Huang, Xu Ming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cultivars; Lipid peroxidation; Litchi pericarp; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANTIOXIDANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; CULTIVAR; ETHANOL; INHIBITION; LINEARITY; LIPID; OXIDATION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SHRUB;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 79960389346     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.05.042     Document Type: Article

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