Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities of different watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansfeld) cultivars as affected by fruit sampling area

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-314

  Tlili, Imen ^a,b   Hdider, Chafik ^b   Lenucci, Marcello Salvatore ^c   Riadh, Ilahy ^a,b   Jebari, Hager ^b   Dalessandro, Giuseppe ^c  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Bioavailability; Biodiveristy and nutrition; Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansfeld; Cultivar difference; Flavonoids; Food analysis; Food composition; Horticulture; Lycopene; Phenolics; Sampling area; Vitamin C; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 79955044652     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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