Variation in antioxidant components of tomato during vine and post-harvest ripening

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1583-1588

  Giovanelli, Gabriella ^a   Lavelli, Vera ^a   Peri, Claudio ^a   Nobili, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Ripening; Tomato; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; GENOTYPE; LYCOPENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RIPENING; TOMATO;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032841684     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199909)79:12<1583::AID-JSFA405>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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