Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of cured chestnuts from three sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) ecotypes from Italy

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Neri, L ^a   Dimitri, G ^a   Sacchetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Biodiversity; Castanea sativa Mill.; Ecotype differences; Food analysis; Food composition; Harvesting year; Italian varieties; Nutritional composition; Sweet chestnuts

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; EMILIA;

EID: 77649178522     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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