Assessment of bioactive compounds, nutritional composition and antioxidant activity of Malaysian young ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1931-1935

  Mojani, M S ^a   Ghasemzadeh, A ^a   Rahmat, A ^a   Loh, S P ^a   Ramasamy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ginger rhizome; Gingerol; Total flavonoids; Total phenolic content Antioxidant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907034133     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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