Comparative study of antioxidant power, polyphenols, flavonoids and betacyanins of the peel and pulp of three Tunisian Opuntia forms

Antioxidants

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 37-51

  Yeddes, Nizar ^a   Chérif, Jamila K ^a,b   Guyot, Sylvain ^c   Sotin, Hélène ^c   Ayadi, Malika T ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b Institut Preparatoire Aux Etudes d'Ingenieurs de Tunis   (Tunisia)

^c Biotransformation of Fruits and Vegetables   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cactus fruit; Opuntia ficus indica; Opuntia stricta; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898062747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox2020037     Document Type: Article

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