Color changes and antioxidant content of vine and postharvest-ripened tomato fruits

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-468

  Pék, Zoltán ^a   Helyes, Lajos ^a   Lugasi, Andrea ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b National Institute of Food Hygiene and Nutrition Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Color; Postharvest; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77950414105     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.3.466     Document Type: Article

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