Antioxidant properties of green broccoli and purple-sprouting broccoli under different cooking conditions

Bioscience Horizons

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Porter, Yvette ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidants; Broccoli; Flavonoids; Polyphenols; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870200911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17547431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biohorizons/hzs004     Document Type: Article

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