Investigation of physico-chemical properties and antioxidant activity of twenty Iranian pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Tehranifar, Ali ^a   Zarei, Mehdi ^a   Nemati, Zahra ^a   Esfandiyari, Behnam ^a   Vazifeshenas, Mohamad Reza ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Yazd   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cultivar; Physico chemical; Pomegranate; Total phenolics

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; GENETIC RESOURCE; NATIVE SPECIES; PH; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PIGMENT; SHRUB; SUGAR;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 77955924090     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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