Antioxidant properties and lipidic profile as quality indexes of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) in relation to harvest time

Food Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1019-1025

  Lo Scalzo, R ^a   Bianchi, G ^a   Genna, A ^a   Summa, C ^b  

^a Istituto per la Valorizzazione Tecnologica dei Prodotti Agricoli   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cauliflower; Environmental stress; Fatty acids; Polyphenols; Quality indexes

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HARVEST PERIOD; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; SAMPLE; STRESS; WATER LOSS;

BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 33745949705     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.10.054     Document Type: Article

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