Effects of genetic, pre- and post-harvest factors on phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of white asparagus spears

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5370-5380

  Papoulias, Eleftherios ^a   Siomos, Anastasios S ^a   Koukounaras, Athanasios ^a   Gerasopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Kazakis, Evangelos ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asparagus; Color; Cultivars; Harvesting season; Portion; Spear thickness; Storage; Total phenolics; antioxidant capacity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; COOKING; CULTIVAR; FOOD PROCESSING; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; STORAGE;

ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ASPARAGUS; COLOR; CULTIVARS; HARVESTING SEASON; PORTION; SPEAR THICKNESS; STORAGE; TOTAL PHENOLICS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARAGUS PLANT; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD HANDLING; PHENOLS; PLANT SHOOTS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ASPARAGUS;

EID: 74249102733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10125370     Document Type: Article

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