Flow Injection Assessment of Nitrate Contents in Fresh and Cooked Fruits and Vegetables Grown in Fiji

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Prasad, Surendra ^a   Chetty, Adrian A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Fiji fruit vegetables; Flow injection analysis; Nitrate; Nitrate in fruit vegetables; Nitrate in vegetables

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COOKING; FIJI; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; FRUIT; METHODOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; VEGETABLE;

COOKING; FIJI; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; FRUIT; MICRONUTRIENTS; NITRATES; PLANT ROOTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; VEGETABLES;

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO; GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA SUBSP. SESQUIPEDALIS;

EID: 80054748050     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2011.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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