Effects of organic and conventional growth systems on the content of flavonoids in onions and phenolic acids in carrots and potatoes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 10323-10329

  Søltoft, Malene ^a,b   Nielsen, John ^b   Laursen, Kristian Holst ^c   Husted, Søren ^c   Halekoh, Ulrich ^d   Knuthsen, Pia ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carrots (Daucus carota L.); Flavonoids; Onions (Allium cepa L.); Organic agriculture; Phenolic acids; Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA; ONIONS (ALLIUM CEPA L.); ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PHENOLIC ACIDS; POTATOES (SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L.);

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

PHENOLS;

FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CARROT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; ONION; ORGANIC FARMING; POTATO;

AGRICULTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DAUCUS CAROTA; FLAVONOIDS; ONIONS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PHENOLS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ALLIUM CEPA; DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78049292911     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf101091c     Document Type: Article

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