Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities during fruit ripening of watermelon cultivars

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 923-928

  Tlili, Imen ^a,b   Hdider, Chafik ^b   Lenucci, Marcello Salvatore ^c   Ilahy, Riadh ^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

Carotene; Antioxidant activity; Citrullus lanatus; Cultivar difference; Flavonoids; Food analysis; Food composition; Lycopene; Phenols; Ripening stages; Total vitamin C

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 80052412801     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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