Effect of nitrogen species supply and mycorrhizal colonization on organosulfur and phenolic compounds in onions

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3538-3545

  Perner, Henrike ^a,b   Rohn, Sascha ^c   Driemel, Gregor ^c   Batt, Natalie ^c   Schwarz, Dietmar ^a   Kroh, Lothar W ^c   George, Eckhard ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alliaceae; Allium cepa L.; Antioxidant activity; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen species; Organosulfur compounds; Phenolic compounds; Quercetin glucosides

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; NITRATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ONION; PLANT ROOT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOLS; MINERALS; MYCORRHIZAE; NITRATES; ONIONS; PHENOLS; PLANT ROOTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALLIACEAE; ALLIUM CEPA; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 45549099363     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf073337u     Document Type: Article

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