Antioxidative phenolic constituents of skins of onion varieties and their activities

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1191-1203

  Albishi, Tasahil ^a   John, Jenny A ^a   Al Khalifa, Abdulrahman S ^b   Shahidi, Fereidoon ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Free radical scavenging activity; Green shoots; HPLC MS; Onion; Phenolic content

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM ATRORUBENS; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84880512643     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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