Fruit quality of Italian pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) autochthonous varieties

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-403

  Cristofori, Valerio ^a   Caruso, Donatella ^b   Latini, Gabriele ^a   Dell'Agli, Mario ^b   Cammilli, Corrado ^a   Rugini, Eddo ^a   Bignami, Cristina ^c   Muleo, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ellagic acid; Organoleptic traits; Phenols; Punica granatum L.; Punicalagin

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ELLAGIC ACID; FRUITS; PHENOLS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION; ORGANOLEPTIC TRAITS; POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L.); POMOLOGICAL TRAITS; PUNICA GRANATUM L; PUNICALAGIN; SITU INVESTIGATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 79952009479     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-010-1390-8     Document Type: Article

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