Total phenolic and carotenoid contents in acerola genotypes harvested at three ripening stages

Food Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 565-568

  Lima, Vera L A G ^a   Mélo, Enayde A ^a   Maciel, Maria Inês S ^a   Prazeres, Flávia G ^a   Musser, Rosimar S ^a   Lima, Daisyvângela E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acerola; Fruit ripening; Germplasm bank; Malpighia emarginata D.C.; Total carotenoids; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENOTYPE; MALPIGHIA EMARGINATA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MALPIGHIA; MALPIGHIA EMARGINATA;

EID: 7044286103     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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