Composition of Antioxidants and Amino Acids in Stevia Leaf Infusions

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Periche, Angela ^a   Koutsidis, Georgios ^b   Escriche, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Antioxidant activity; Flavonoids; Stevia; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; STEVIA; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; STEVIA; SWEETENING AGENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84894318174     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-013-0398-1     Document Type: Article

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