Transcript Levels of CHL P Gene, Antioxidants and Chlorophylls Contents in Olive (Olea europaea L.) Pericarps: A Comparative Study on Eleven Olive Cultivars Harvested in Two Ripening Stages

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Muzzalupo, Innocenzo ^a,b   Stefanizzi, Francesca ^b   Perri, Enzo ^b   Chiappetta, Adriana Ada ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b CRA Research Centre for Olive Growing and Olive Oil Industry   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Gene expression; Geranylgeranyl reductase; Phenolic compounds; Ripening; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHLOROPHYLL; GERANYLGERANYL REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOCOPHEROL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METABOLISM; OLIVE TREE; PLANT GENE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; ITALY; OLEA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOLS; RNA, MESSENGER; TOCOPHEROLS;

OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 78651518410     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0208-6     Document Type: Article

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