Free amino acid composition in primary and secondary inflorescences of 11 broccoli (Brassica oleracea var italica) cultivars and its variation between growing seasons

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-299

  Gomes, Maria H ^a   Rosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea var italica; Broccoli; Essential amino acids; Free amino acids; Growth seasons; Nutritive quality; Primary inflorescences; Secondary inflorescences

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTIVAR; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GROWING SEASON; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFLORESCENCE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 0035141852     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0010(200102)81:3<295::aid-jsfa811>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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