Sequential Solvent Extraction of Red-Onion (Allium cepa L) Skin: Influence of Solvent Polarity on Antioxidant and Radical Scavenging Activity

Subject Areas : food microbiology

S. Mahdian Kouchaksarayi ¹ , S.M. Vahdat ² , M. Hejazi ³ , M. Khavarpour ⁴ , Z. Salimi ⁵

1 - M. Sc of the Department of Chemistry, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran.
5 - M. Sc of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Ayatollah Amoli Branch, Islamic Azad University, Amol, Iran.

Received: 2020-12-30 Accepted : 2020-12-30 Published : 2021-01-01

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