Total phenol and antioxidant activity of some fruits and their under-utilized parts

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1717-1724

  Prakash, D ^a   Upadhyay, G ^a,b   Gupta, C ^a  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Activity; Antioxidant activity; Antiradical power; DNA nicking; Free radical scavenging; Total phenolic contents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884693132     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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