Seeds of Opuntia spp. as a novel high potential by-product: Phytochemical characterization and antioxidant activity

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 383-389

  Chahdoura, Hassiba ^a,b   Barreira, João C M ^a,c   Barros, Lillian ^a   Santos Buelga, Celestino ^c   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a   Achour, Lotfi ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; By products; HPLC DAD ESI MS; Opuntia spp.; Phytochemicals; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BYPRODUCTS; FRUITS; LINOLEIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEED;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS; HPLC-DAD; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; OPUNTIA SPP; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOCHEMICALS;

FATTY ACIDS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FATTY ACID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEED;

OPUNTIA;

EID: 84951994682     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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