Post harvest improvement of zeaxanthin content of vegetables

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Clausén, Maria ^a   Huang, Siyu ^a   Emek, Sinan C ^a   Sjöholm, Ingegerd ^b   Åkerlund, Hans Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; AMD; Antioxidant; Carotenoid; Lutein; Violaxanthin; Violaxanthin de epoxidase

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BLOOD PLASMA; ENDOGENOUS ENZYME; FRESH WEIGHT; LIGHT STRESS; MEMBRANE-PERMEABLE; NORMAL CONDITION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MACHINERY; POST HARVEST; POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VIOLAXANTHIN DE-EPOXIDASE; ZEAXANTHIN;

BLOOD; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; VEGETABLES;

EYE PROTECTION;

CITRUS LIMON; OCIMUM; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VALERIANELLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 75749083703     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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