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Antioxidant capacity and phenolic content of spinach as affected by genetics and maturation.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 2 Nov 2005
Pandjaitan N, Howard L R, Morelock T, Gil M I
Abstract excerpt
Spinach leaves harvested at three maturity stages from eight commercial cultivars (CC) and eight advanced breeding lines (ABL) were evaluated for oxygen radical absorbing capacity (ORAC), total phenolics, and flavonoid composition and content. ABL had higher levels of total phenolics, total flavonoids, and ORAC than CC. Midmaturity spinach leaves had higher levels of total phenolics, total flavonoids, and...
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