Study on flavonoid contents in fruits of different of Citrus genotypes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 632, Issue , 2004, Pages 355-361

  Germana M A ^a   Chiancone, B ^a   Mineo, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrus; Flavonoids; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749095080     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.632.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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