Pigments content, other compounds and antioxidant capacity in 12 cactus pear cultivars (opuntia spp.) from México;Contenido de pigmentos, otros compuestos y capacidad antioxidante en 12 cultivares de tuna (opuntia spp.) de México

Agrociencia

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 763-771

  Figueroa Cares, Inés ^a   Martínez Damián, María T ^a   Rodríguez Pérez, Enrique ^a   Colinas León, María T ^a   Valle Guadarrama, Salvador ^b   Ramírez Ramírez, Sweetia ^a   Gallegos Vázquez, Clemente ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Betalains; Carotenes; Chlorophyll; Fruits; Phenols

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; MANSA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA COCHINERA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; OPUNTIA MEGACANTHA; OPUNTIA ROBUSTA; PYRUS; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 78249271369     PISSN: 14053195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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