Changes in antioxidant content of tomato fruits in response to cultivar and nutrient solution composition

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4319-4325

  Fanasca, Simone ^a   Colla, Giuseppe ^a   Maiani, Giuseppe ^b   Venneria, Eugenia ^b   Rouphael, Youssef ^a   Azzini, Elena ^b   Saccardo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carotenoids; Minerals; Nutrients; Tocopherols; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; CATION; LYCOPENE; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOMATO;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM; CAROTENOIDS; CATIONS; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; POTASSIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLUTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33745742201     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0602572     Document Type: Article

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