Antioxidant capacity, anthocyanin content profile in ‘bluecrop’ blueberry fruit

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue , 2007, Pages 129-141

  Krupa, Tomasz ^a   Tomala, Kazimierz ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; antioxidant capacity; controlled atmosphere; DPPH; HPLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949097004     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: 18987761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-007-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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