Antioxidant properties and chemical characterization of Spanish Opuntia ficus-indica Mill. cladodes and fruits

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1566-1573

  Andreu, Lucía ^a   Nuncio Jáuregui, Nallely ^b   Carbonell Barrachina, Ángel A ^a   Legua, Pilar ^a   Hernández, Francisca ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b INNOFOOD I+D+I SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

acids; antioxidant activity; cladodes; Opuntia; total phenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OPUNTIA; SPAIN;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; OPUNTIA; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPAIN;

EID: 85030264744     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8628     Document Type: Article

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