Antioxidant properties of raw and cooked spears of green asparagus cultivars

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1017-1023

  Fanasca, Simone ^a   Rouphael, Youssef ^b   Venneria, Eugenia ^a   Azzini, Elena ^a   Durazzo, Alessandra ^a   Maiani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

carotene; Antioxidant properties; Ascorbic acid; Asparagus officinalis L.; Cultivar; Phenols

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 64549148527     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2008.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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