Ageing and irradiance enhance vitamin E content in green edible tissues from crop plants

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1994-1999

  Lizarazo, Karol ^a   Fernández Marín, Beatriz ^a   Becerril, José María ^a   García Plazaola, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Irradiance; Lipophilic antioxidants; Nutraceuticals; Photoprotection; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIGHT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHOTONS; PLANT STRUCTURES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN E;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LACTUCA; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; VALERIANELLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955962995     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4043     Document Type: Article

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