Phenolic profiles and antioxidant activity of litchi (Litchi Chinensis Sonn.) fruit pericarp from different commercially available cultivars

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 14954-14967

  Li, Wu ^a   Liang, Hong ^a   Zhang, Ming Wei ^a   Zhang, Rui Fen ^a   Deng, Yuan Yuan ^a   Wei, Zhen Cheng ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Tang, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activity; Litchi fruit pericarp; Phenolics; Procyanidins

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYCHEE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BREEDING; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; LITCHI; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84871585798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules171214954     Document Type: Article

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