Physico-chemical properties and antioxidant capacity of different jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) cultivars grown in loess plateau of China

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-72

  Gao, Qing Han ^a   Wu, Pu Te ^b   Liu, Jia Ren ^c   Wu, Chun Sen ^a   Parry, John W ^d   Wang, Min ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Fresh jujube; Phenolic compounds; Physico chemical; Total flavonoids content; Total phenolics content

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BLEACHING; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; MOISTURE CONTENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PH; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA;

EID: 79961171290     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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