Antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition of fermented Centella asiatica herbal teas

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2731-2739

  Ariffin, Fazilah ^a   Heong Chew, Shio ^a   Bhupinder, Kaur ^a   Karim, Alias A ^a   Huda, Nurul ^a  

^a Universiti Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Centella asiatica; Herbal tea; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CENTELLA; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BEVERAGES; CENTELLA; FERMENTATION; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEMPERATURE;

CENTELLA ASIATICA;

EID: 81155153694     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4454     Document Type: Article

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