Antioxidant activity, and phenolic and mineral contents of the walnut kernel (Juglans regia L.) as a function of the pellicle color

Fruits

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 177-184

  Trandafir, Ion ^a   Cosmulescu, Sina ^a   Botu, Mihai ^a   Nour, Violeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Juglans regia; Mineral composition; Nutritional value; Phenolics; Romania; Walnut

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964621639     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits/2016006     Document Type: Article

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