Juçara fruit (Euterpe edulis Mart.): Sustainable exploitation of a source of bioactive compounds

Food Research International

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-26

  Schulz, Mayara ^a   da Silva Campelo Borges, Graciele ^b   Gonzaga, Luciano Valdemiro ^a   Oliveira Costa, Ana Carolina ^a   Fett, Roseane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; A a ; Berry; Bioactive compounds; Composition; Human health

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS;

BERRY; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; EUTERPE OLERACEA; HUMAN HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION;

FRUITS;

EID: 84995596426     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2016.07.027     Document Type: Review

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