Phenolic contents of lettuce, strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry crops cultivated under plastic films varying in ultraviolet transparency

Food Chemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1224-1227

  Ordidge, Matthew ^a   García Macías, Paulina ^a   Battey, Nicholas H ^a   Gordon, Michael H ^a   Hadley, Paul ^a   John, Philip ^a   Lovegrove, Julie A ^a   Vysini, Eleni ^a   Wagstaffe, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Blueberries; Flavonoids; Lettuce; Polythene tunnels; Raspberries; Strawberries; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; LUTEOLIN; PHENOL; QUERCETIN;

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RASPBERRY; STRAWBERRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LACTUCA; RUBUS ILLECEBROSUS; VACCINIUM;

EID: 70449108129     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.08.039     Document Type: Article

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