Antioxidant activity of spices and their impact on human health: A review

Antioxidants

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Yashin, Alexander ^a   Yashin, Yakov ^a   Xia, Xiaoyan ^b   Nemzer, Boris ^b,c  

^a N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b VDF FutureCeuticals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Flavonoids; Herbs; Polyphenols; Spices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029738237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox6030070     Document Type: Review

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