Investigating the antioxidant potential of Turkish herbs and spices

Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-158

  Kamiloglu, S ^a   Capanoglu, E ^a   Yilmaz, O ^a   Duran, A F ^a   Boyacioglu, D ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Flavonoids; Herbs; Phenolics; Spices

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; FLAVONOIDS;

'SPICE'; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL; CUPRIC IONS; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER; FLAVONOID; HERB; PHENOLICS; TOTAL PHENOLICS; TURKISHS;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

EID: 84897757395     PISSN: 17578361     EISSN: 1757837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/QAS2012.0237     Document Type: Article

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