Potent Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Flavonoids in the Nutrient-Rich Amazonian Palm Fruit, Açaí (Euterpe spp.)

Polyphenols in Human Health and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 219-239

  Odendaal, Antoinette Y ^a   Schauss, Alexander G ^a  

^a AIBMR Life Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

A a ; Anthocyanins; Euterpe oleracea; Euterpe precatoria; Flavones; Flavonoids; Phytochemistry; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902572088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-398456-2.00018-9     Document Type: Chapter

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