Epicatechin content and antioxidant capacity of cocoa beans from four different countries

• Main Authors: Othman, Azizah, Mhd Jalil, Abbe Maleyki, Kong, Kin Weng, Ismail, Amin, Abd. Ghani, Nawalyah, Adenan, Mohd Ilham
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14544/1/14544.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14544/; http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/B71D7A736022

Natural antioxidant has received more attention to be part of daily diet. Cocoa beans is one of the main sources of polyphenols especially epicatechin. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between antioxidant potential and epicatechin content of raw cocoa beans from different cou...