Antioxidant Capacity and Phenolics Content of Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Kernel as a Function of Genotype

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376-383

  Korekar, Girish ^a   Stobdan, Tsering ^a   Arora, Richa ^a   Yadav, Ashish ^a   Singh, Shashi Bala ^a  

^a Leh Ladakh C o 56APO   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Dry fruit; Genotypes; Ladakh; Nutrition; Seed

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FRUIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRUNUS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FRUIT; GALLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRUNUS; SEEDS;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 83055173016     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0246-0     Document Type: Article

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