Comparative effects of gamma and electron beam irradiation on the antioxidant potential of Portuguese chestnuts (Castanea sativa Mill.)

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3452-3455

  Carocho, Márcio ^a   Antonio, Amilcar L ^a,b,c   Barros, Lillian ^a   Bento, Albino ^a   Luisa Botelho, M ^b   Kaluska, Iwona ^d   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chestnuts; E beam; Gamma; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BETA CAROTENE; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FERRICYANIDE; FLAVANOID; FUMIGANT; LINOLEIC ACID; METHYL BROMIDE; SCAVENGER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASTANEA SATIVA; CHESTNUT; ELECTRON BEAM; EUROPEAN UNION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FAGACEAE; FOOD IRRADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; SEEDS;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 84865521039     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.07.041     Document Type: Article

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