Carotenoid and chlorophyll composition of commonly consumed leafy vegetables in Mediterranean countries

Food Chemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1164-1168

  Žnidarčič, Dragan ^a   Ban, Dean ^b   Šircelj, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Carotenes; Chlorophylls; Compositional data analysis; Leafy vegetables; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

CAROTENES; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPLAST PIGMENTS; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; LEAFY VEGETABLES; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; PROVITAMIN A; REVERSED-PHASE COLUMNS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

CHLOROPHYLL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROCKETS;

VEGETABLES;

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CHICORY; DANDELION; DIPLOTAXIS TENUIFOLIA; ERUCA SATIVA; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VEGETABLE;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DIPLOTAXIS TENUIFOLIA; ERUCA SATIVA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 79960181681     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.05.097     Document Type: Article

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