Determining the potential to breed for enhanced antioxidant status in malus: Mean inter- and intravarietal fruit vitamin C and glutathione contents at harvest and their evolution during storage

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 8031-8038

  Davey, Mark W ^a   Keulemans, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Biodiversity; Cold storage; Fruit; Glutathione; Harvest; Malus; Shelf life; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BREED; BREEDING; BREEDING METHOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTIVAR; EVALUATION; FRUIT; FRUIT STORAGE; HARVEST; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; SCREENING; SEASON; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE; STRESS; VARIETAS;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 11144241259     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf048531k     Document Type: Article

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