Three-year comparison of the polyphenol contents and antioxidant capacities in organically and conventionally produced apples (Malus domestica bork. cultivar 'golden delicious')

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4598-4605

  Stracke, Berenike A ^a   Rufer, Corinna E ^a   Weibel, Franco P ^b   Bub, Achim ^a   Watzl, Bernhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Apples; Organic; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS;

AGRICULTURE; APPLE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; MALUS; PHENOLS; TIME FACTORS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 67149133494     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf803961f     Document Type: Article

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