Statistical approaches to assess the association between phenolic compounds and the in vitro antioxidant activity of Camellia sinensis and ilex paraguariensis teas

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1456-1473

  De Oliveira, Camila Cardoso ^a   De Araújo Calado, Verônica Maria ^b   Ares, Gastoń ^c   Granato, Daniel ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Cluster analysis; Correlation analysis; Flavonoids; PCA; Yerba mate

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); ANTIOXIDANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; FLAVONOIDS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHENOLS;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; CHEMOMETRICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PHENOLIC COMPOSITION; YERBA-MATE;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; HUMANS; ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84983681812     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.750233     Document Type: Article

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