Phenolic Profiles and Antioxidant Capacities of Chinese Unifloral Honeys from Different Botanical and Geographical Sources

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 762-770

  Dong, Rui ^a   Zheng, Yinan ^a   Xu, Baojun ^b  

^a JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BNU HKBU UNITED INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chinese unifloral honeys; Flavonoids; Phenolics; Radical scavenging capacities

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; PHENOLICS; RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; RADICAL SCAVENGING CAPACITIES; SUPEROXIDE ANION RADICALS; TOTAL FLAVONOID CONTENTS; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; UNIFLORAL HONEYS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84874117880     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-011-0726-0     Document Type: Article

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