Tocopherol composition and antioxidant activity of Spanish wild vegetables

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 851-863

  Morales, Patricia ^a,b   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Sánchez Mata, M Cortes ^c   Cámara, Montaña ^c   Molina, María ^d   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b VALENCIAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Dept Agroalimentación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Tocopherols; Wild vegetables

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURAL TRADITION; DIET; DISEASE TREATMENT; EDIBLE SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN; WILD POPULATION;

SPAIN;

APIUM; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS ACUTIFOLIUS; BRYONIA; BRYONIA DIOICA; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA COMMUNIS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; HELOSCIADIUM NODIFLORUM; HUMULUS LUPULUS; MONTIA FONTANA; SILENE; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 84861006952     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9726-1     Document Type: Article

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