Teas, dietary supplements and fruit juices: A comparative study regarding antioxidant activity and bioactive compounds

LWT

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 324-328

  Costa, A S G ^a   Nunes, M A ^a   Almeida, I M C ^a   Carvalho, M R ^a   Barroso, M F ^a,b   Alves, R C ^a,b   Oliveira, M B P P ^a  

^a Campus Universitário de Santiago   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Ascorbic acid; Dietary supplements; Juices; Phenolic compounds; Tea

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS; NUTRITION; TEA; VITAMINS;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EMERGING PRODUCTS; JUICES; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS;

HIBISCUS;

EID: 84865658412     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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