Relationship between levels of sesquiterpene lactones in chicory and sensory evaluation

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 326-329

  Peters, Angeline M ^a,b   Van Amerongen, Aart ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Bitterness; ELISA; Quality assessment; Taste intensity; Typical chicory flavor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031917177     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.2.326     Document Type: Article

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