Antioxidant and nutritional properties of date fruit from elche grove as affected by maturation and phenotypic variability of date palm

Food Science and Technology International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-72

  Amoros A ^a   Pretel, M T ^a   Almansa, M S ^a   Botella, M A ^a   Zapata, P J ^a   Serrano, M ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Date fruit; Maturation; Organic acids; Phenols; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANTS; DATE FRUIT; DATE PALM; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH; MALIC ACIDS; MATURATION; MATURATION STAGE; NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS; NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACID CONCENTRATION; PHENOLIC CONTENT;

FRUITS; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

PHENOLS;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 67649551426     PISSN: 10820132     EISSN: 15321738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1082013208102758     Document Type: Article

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