Brazilian Savanna Fruits Contain Higher Bioactive Compounds Content and Higher Antioxidant Activity Relative to the Conventional Red Delicious Apple

Egle Machado de Almeida Siqueira; Fernanda Ribeiro Rosa; Adriana Medeiros Fustinoni; Lívia Pimentel de Sant'Ana; Sandra Fernandes Arruda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072826

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Brazilian Savanna Fruits Contain Higher Bioactive Compounds Content and Higher Antioxidant Activity Relative to the Conventional Red Delicious Apple

Egle Machado de Almeida Siqueira,

Affiliation Biological Sciences Institute, Department of Cell Biology, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Fernanda Ribeiro Rosa,

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Adriana Medeiros Fustinoni,

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Lívia Pimentel de Sant'Ana,

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Sandra Fernandes Arruda

* E-mail: sandrafarruda@gmail.com

Affiliation Nutrition Department of Health Sciences Faculty, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Brazilian Savanna Fruits Contain Higher Bioactive Compounds Content and Higher Antioxidant Activity Relative to the Conventional Red Delicious Apple

Egle Machado de Almeida Siqueira,
Fernanda Ribeiro Rosa,
Adriana Medeiros Fustinoni,
Lívia Pimentel de Sant'Ana,
Sandra Fernandes Arruda

Published: August 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072826

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