Trifolium pratense and t. Repens (leguminosae): Edible flower extracts as functional ingredients

Foods

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 338-348

  Tundis, Rosa ^a   Marrelli, Mariangela ^a   Conforti, Filomena ^a   Tenuta, Maria Concetta ^a   Bonesi, Marco ^a   Menichini, Francesco ^a   Loizzo, Monica Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Clover; Flavonoids; Lipase; Trifolium; amylase; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017376823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23048158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/foods4030338     Document Type: Article

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