Variation of antioxidant capacity in different layers of onion (Allium cepa L.) at two different stages of maturation

Current Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-130

  Jaiswal, Nidhi ^a   Rizvi, Syed Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Allium cepa l.; Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Onion layer extract; Onion size; Phenolic content

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ONION EXTRACT;

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84862581743     PISSN: 15734013     EISSN: 22123881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340112800840763     Document Type: Article

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