Total phenols and vitamin C contents of Iranian fruits

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 603-608

  Nikniaz, Zeinab ^a   Mahdavi, Reza ^b   Rafraf, Maryam ^c   Jouyban, Abolghasem ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fruits; Iran; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYTHRACEAE; PYRUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 72049089044     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650911002922     Document Type: Article

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