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Chilean prosopis mesocarp flour: phenolic profiling and antioxidant activity.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 17 Apr 2015
Schmeda-Hirschmann Guillermo, Quispe Cristina, Soriano Maria Del Pilar C, Theoduloz Cristina, Jiménez-Aspée Felipe, Pérez Maria Jorgelina, Cuello Ana Soledad, Isla Maria Inés
Abstract excerpt
In South America, the mesocarp flour of Prosopis species plays a prominent role as a food resource in arid areas. The aim of this work was the characterization of the phenolic antioxidants occurring in the pod mesocarp flour of Chilean Prosopis. Samples were collected in the Copiapo, Huasco and Elqui valleys from the north of Chile. The samples of P. chilensis flour exhibited a total phenolic content ranging...
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