Effects of organic and conventional cultivation methods on composition of eggplant fruits

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6833-6840

  Raigón, María D ^a   Rodríguez Burruezo, Adrián ^b   Prohens, Jaime ^b  

^a Departamento de Química   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composition; Conventional agriculture; Eggplant; Minerals; Organic agriculture; Solanum melongena; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH FOOD; METHODOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; PHENOLS; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 77953147626     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf904438n     Document Type: Article

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