Phytochemical composition and antioxidant activity of high-lycopene tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivars grown in Southern Italy

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-261

  Ilahy, Riadh ^a,b   Hdider, Chafik ^b   Lenucci, Marcello S ^a   Tlili, Imen ^a,b   Dalessandro, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Ascorbic acid; Flavonoids; High lycopene tomato cultivars; Lycopene; Phenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; OPEN SPACE; PHENOL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 78650207292     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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