Air-dried capsicum annuum var. acuminatum medium and big: Determination of bioactive constituents, antioxidant activity and carbohydrate-hydrolyzing enzymes inhibition

Food Research International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-176

  Tundis, Rosa ^a   Loizzo, Monica R ^a   Menichini, Federica ^b   Bonesi, Marco ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^a   De Luca, Damiano ^c   Menichini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (Italy)

^c CALAB   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air dried pepper; Antioxidant and hypoglycemic activities; Capsaicinoids; Carotenoids; Flavonoids; HPLC

Indexed keywords

AIR-DRIED PEPPER; ANTIOXIDANT AND HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIVITIES; CAPSAICINOIDS; CAROTENOIDS; HPLC;

CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLAVONOIDS; LINOLEIC ACID; PHENOLS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 81155124949     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

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