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ScienceDaily: Red Delicious, Northern Spy Apples Have Most Antioxidants, Chemists Find |
 | | Red Delicious, Northern Spy and Ida Red, they say, pack a greater wallop of disease-fighting antioxidants than other apples studied. |
| | Polyphenols — phytochemicals that act like astringents — are major sources of antioxidants in apples, but which polyphenols are most active in the fruit has perplexed scientists. |
| | Tsao and his colleagues used three different laboratory measures to evaluate polyphenol activity in apples that are popular in Canada: Red Delicious, McIntosh, Cortland, Northern Spy, Ida Red, Golden Delicious, Mutsu and Empire apples. |
| www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/05/050523234141.htm (2021 words) |
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