Characterization of phenolics, betacyanins and antioxidant activities of the seed, leaf, sprout, flower and stalk extracts of three Amaranthus species

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-81

  Li, Hongyan ^a,b   Deng, Zeyuan ^a   Liu, Ronghua ^b   Zhu, Honghui ^b   Draves, Jamie ^c   Marcone, Massimo ^d   Sun, Yong ^a   Tsao, Rong ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Katan Kitchens   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; Antioxidant activity; Betacyanin; Bioactive non nutrients; Food analysis; Food composition; LC MS; Phenolic; UHPLC

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS;

EID: 84920127896     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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