Determination of the ursolic and oleanolic acids content with the antioxidant capacity in apple peel extract of various cultivars
Abstract Apples are rich sources of ursolic acid (UA) and oleanolic acid (OA) which are the major and most prominent triterpenes in the peel of an apple. Pentacyclic triterpenes are ideal nutraceuticals due to their ability to reduce the risk of many life-threatening diseases such as cancer, cardiov...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842022000100294&tlng=en |