Antigenotoxicity and Antioxidant Activity of Acerola Fruit (Malpighia glabra L.) at Two Stages of Ripeness

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-135

  da Silva Nunes, Roberta ^a   Kahl, Vivian Francília Silva ^a   da Silva Sarmento, Merielen ^a   Richter, Marc François ^b   Costa Lotufo, Letícia Veras ^c   Rodrigues, Felipe Augusto Rocha ^c   Abin Carriquiry, Juan Andres ^d   Martinez, Marcela María ^d   Ferronatto, Scharline ^a   de Barros Falcão Ferraz, Alexandre ^a   da Silva, Juliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acerola; Antigenotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Malpighia glabra L.; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

MALPIGHIA GLABRA; MUS;

EID: 85027925751     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0223-7     Document Type: Article

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