Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of cantaloupe (cucumis melo) methanolic extracts.

The objectives of this study were to determine phenolic content and antioxidant activity of methanolic extracts from different parts of cantaloupe (leaf, stem, skin, seed and flesh). The flesh extract afforded the highest yield (89.6 ± 0.3%) whilst the lowest yield was obtained from the seed (13.7 ±...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Maznah, Mariod, Abdalbasit Adam, Chan, Kim Wei, Ismail, Hajar Iqbal
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Elsevier 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16177/1/Phenolic%20content%20and%20antioxidant%20activity%20of%20cantaloupe.pdf