Organic acid contents in onion cultivars (Allium cepa L.)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 6512-6519

  Rodríguez Galdón, Beatriz ^a   Tascón Rodríguez, Catalina ^b   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Elena ^a   Díaz Romero, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Exmo Cabildo Insular de Tenerife   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; HPLC; Onion (Allium cepa L.); Organic acid; Pungency

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ODOR; ONION; PH; PLANT ROOT; SPAIN;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CITRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALATES; ODORS; ONIONS; PLANT ROOTS; SPAIN;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 50449084650     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf800282h     Document Type: Article

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