Variation in oxalic acid content among commercial table beet cultivars and related crops

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-60

  Freidig, Amy K ^a   Goldman, Irwin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; Breeding; Dietary oxalate; Enzymatic quantification; Kidney stone formation; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 78651487924     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.136.1.54     Document Type: Article

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