Comparison of polyamine, phenol and flavonoid contents in plants grown under conventional and organic methods

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1838-1843

  Lima, Giuseppina Pace Pereira ^a   Da Rocha, Suraya Abdallah ^a   Takaki, Massanori ^a   Ramos, Paulo Roberto Rodrigues ^a   Ono, Elizabeth Orika ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leaves; Peels; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine; Stalk

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; DAUCUS CAROTA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VITACEAE;

EID: 51649088900     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2008.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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