Antioxidant capacity and phenolic content of spinach as affected by genetics and growing season

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5891-5896

  Howard, L R ^a   Pandjaitan, N ^a   Morelock, T ^a   Gil, M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Flavonoids; Genotype; Phenolics; Spinach

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREEDING LINE; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GROWING SEASON; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; SPINACH; STRESS; WINTER;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BREEDING; FLAVONOIDS; GENOTYPE; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0037048761     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020507o     Document Type: Article

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