Chemical assessment and antioxidant capacity of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) seeds

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 240-248

  Silva, Luís R ^a   Azevedo, Jessica ^a   Pereira, Maria J ^a   Valentão, Patrícia ^a   Andrade, Paula B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition; Antioxidant potential; Capsicum annuum L.; Seeds; Target metabolites

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACOTINIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETULIN; CAMPESTEROL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; FUMARIC ACID; KETONE DERIVATIVE; MALIC ACID; MONOTERPENE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXALIC ACID; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SITOSTEROL; STEROL DERIVATIVE; STIGMASTEROL; SUPEROXIDE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT SEED;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAPSICUM; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; VEGETABLES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 84871947696     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.11.036     Document Type: Article

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