Raviscanina wild asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius L.): A nutritionally valuable crop with antioxidant and antiproliferative properties

Food Research International

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 180-188

  Di Maro, Antimo ^a   Pacifico, Severina ^a   Fiorentino, Antonio ^a   Galasso, Silvia ^a   Gallicchio, Marialuisa ^a   Guida, Vincenzo ^a   Severino, Valeria ^a   Monaco, Pietro ^a   Parente, Augusto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Antiproliferative activity; Asparagus acutifolius L.; HPLC UV analysis; Macronutrient content

Indexed keywords

ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ASPARAGUS ACUTIFOLIUS L; HPLC-UV ANALYSIS; MACRONUTRIENT CONTENT;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITRIC OXIDE;

CELL CULTURE;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS ACUTIFOLIUS;

EID: 84878397268     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.04.026     Document Type: Article

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