Antioxidant and hypoglycaemic activities and their relationship to phytochemicals in Capsicum annuum cultivars during fruit development

LWT

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 370-377

  Tundis, Rosa ^a   Menichini, Federica ^a   Bonesi, Marco ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^a   Statti, Giancarlo ^a   Menichini, Francesco ^a   Loizzo, Monica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Capsicum annuum; Phytochemicals; Amylase inhibition; Glucosidase inhibition

Indexed keywords

AMYLASES; BLEACHING; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS FRUITS; CLEANING; ENZYME INHIBITION; FREE RADICALS; PEPPER; PHENOLS;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOSIDASE; HYPOGLYCAEMIC; INHIBITORY ACTIVITY; PHYTOCHEMICAL; Α-AMYLASE INHIBITION; Α-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITION; Β-CAROTENE-BLEACHING;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 84876716270     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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