Bioactive and functional properties of purple sweetpotato (ipomoea batatas (l.) lam)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 583, Issue , 2002, Pages 195-203

  Cevallos Casals, B A ^a   Cisneros Zevallos, L A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin content; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Ipomoea batatas; Phenolic content; Pigment stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642274002     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.583.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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