The antioxidant level of Alaska's wild berries: High, higher and highest

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Dinstel, Roxie Rodgers ^a   Cascio, Julie ^a   Koukel, Sonja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Antioxidants; Berries; Nutritional value; Phytochemical

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BERRY; BLUEBERRY; CHEMISTRY; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; LINGONBERRY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; UNITED STATES; VIBURNUM;

ALASKA; ANTIOXIDANTS; BERRIES; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMICAL;

ALASKA; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VIBURNUM;

EID: 84881268300     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21188     Document Type: Article

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