Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Front Matter -- Important Antioxidant Phytochemicals in Agricultural Food Products / Zhimin Xu -- The Procedure, Principle, and Instrumentation of Antioxidant Phytochemical Analysis / Brittany White, Lydia Rice, Luke R Howard -- Analysis Methods of Phenolic Acids / Zhimin Xu -- Analysis Methods of Carotenoids / Rachel E Kopec, Jessica L Cooperstone, Morgan J Cichon, Steven J Schwartz -- Analysis Methods of Anthocyanins / Ronald L Prior, Xianli Wu -- Analysis Methods of Ellagitannins / Stephen T Talcott, Kimberly A Krenek -- Analytical Methods of Flavonols and Flavones / Francisco A Tom̀s-Barber̀n, Federico Ferreres -- Analysis Methods of Proanthocyanidins / Liwei Gu -- Analysis Methods of Flavanones / G K Jayaprakasha, Amit Vikram, Bhimanagouda S Patil -- Analysis Methods of Phytosterols / Laura Nystr̲m -- Analysis Methods for Tocopherols and Tocotrienols / Robert A Moreau, Anna-Maija Lampi -- Index.

To quantify antioxidants in natural sources, the application of chromatography techniques with different detectors followed by skillful sample preparation is necessary. Analysis of Antioxidant-Rich Phytochemicals is the first book that specifically covers and summarizes the details of sample preparation procedures and methods developed to identify and quantify various types of natural antioxidants in foods. Focusing on the principle of quantification methods for natural antioxidants, the book reviews and summarizes current methods used in the determination of antioxidant-rich phytochemicals in.