Content of carotenoids in roots of seventeen cultivars of Daucus carota L.

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-141

  Mech Nowak, Aleksandra ^a   Świderski, Adam ^a   Kruczek, Michał ^a   Łuczak, Irena ^a   Kostecka Gugała, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carotenoid; Carrot

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 84860486335     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2012_2190     Document Type: Article

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