Antioxidants & Phytonutrients
DHHS. NIH. National Library of Medicine.
Provides a gateway to the latest news and information on the topic of antioxidants. Also offers links to research and related issues. Also in Spanish.
USDA. ARS. Nutrient Data Laboratory.
Find out the antioxidant content of foods, sorted either alphabetically by food description (select A) or in descending order by nutrient content (select C) in common household measures. Note: lists are PDF files.
USDA. ARS. Nutrient Data Laboratory.
Provides a table of the flavonoid content of over 200 foods and includes values for five subclasses of flavonoids - Flavonols, Flavones, Flavanones, Flavan-3-ols, and Anthocyanidins.
USDA. ARS. Nutrient Data Laboratory.
Tables list foods alphabetically with the values of the specific isoflavones (daidzein, genistein, glycitein and total isoflavones) in the edible portion of the food. Database includes infant formulas.
USDA. ARS. Nutrient Data Laboratory.
Table of oxalic acid content of certain vegetables, originally published in Agriculture Handbook No. 8-11, Vegetables and Vegetable Products, 1984.
Learn more about what is in your foods, beyond vitamins and minerals, and how they play a role in your overall health.
USDA. ARS. Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
Contains chemical structure, formula, molecular weight, synonyms, biological activities, and references on a large number of phytochemicals.
USDA. ARS. Nutrient Data Laboratory.
Contains proanthocyanidin content values for 205 food items.
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Allows plant, chemical, activity and ethnobotany database searches. Also includes an ethnobotanical dictionary, and links to nutritional databases, plants and cancer treatments and other plant related databases.
DHHS. NIH. National Cancer Institute.
Find out more about antioxidants and their role in cancer prevention, including research study summaries.