Antioxidant capacity and chemical properties of selected barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) fruits

Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 447-451

  Özgen, Mustafa ^a   Saraçoğlu, Onur ^b   Geçer, Esma Nur ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

anthocyanin; bioactive compounds; phenolics

Indexed keywords

BERBERIS; BERBERIS VULGARIS;

EID: 84872314851     PISSN: 22113452     EISSN: 22113460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13580-012-0711-1     Document Type: Article

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