Influence of harvest date on inulin chain length distribution and sugar profile for six chicory (Cichorium intybus L) cultivars

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1503-1506

  Koch, Kristine ^a   Andersson, Roger ^a   Rydberg, Ingrid ^a   Åman, Per ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chain length distribution; Chicory cultivar; Harvest date; HPAEC PAD; Inulin; Sugar profile

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHICORY; COLD TOLERANCE; CULTIVAR; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INULIN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANT METABOLISM; SUCROSE;

EID: 0032801991     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199908)79:11<1503::AID-JSFA394>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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