Levels of antioxidants and nutraceuticals in basil grown in hydroponics and soil

Food Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 416-422

  Sgherri, Cristina ^a   Cecconami, Silvia ^a   Pinzino, Calogero ^b   Navari Izzo, Flavia ^a   Izzo, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABTS+ radical dot ; Ascorbate; DPPH; Fremy's salt; Lipoic acid; Ocimum basilicum; Phenolic acids; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; NUTRACEUTICAL; PEROXYLAMINE DISULPHONATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOCTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASIL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPONICS; LIPOPHILICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 77953290700     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.04.058     Document Type: Article

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