An optimised aqueous extract of phenolic compounds from bitter melon with high antioxidant capacity

Antioxidants

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 814-829

  Tan, Sing Pei ^a   Stathopoulos, Costas ^b   Parks, Sophie ^a,c   Roach, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b and Centre for Advanced Process Technology for Urban Resource Recovery   (South Korea)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Aqueous extraction; Bitter melon; Organic solvents; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929328241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox3040814     Document Type: Article

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