Antioxidant activity and physico-chemical properties of Tunisian grown pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cultivars

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-89

  Zaouay, Faten ^a   Mena, Pedro ^b   Garcia Viguera, Cristina ^b   Mars, Messaoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidant activity; Cultivar; Fruit characteristics; Juice color; Pomegranate

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; COLOR INDEX; COLOR INTENSITY; COLOR SCALE; CULTIVAR; FRUIT SIZE; JUICE YIELD; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POMEGRANATE; POMEGRANATE JUICES; SKIN COLOR; SKIN THICKNESS; SOUTHERN TUNISIA; TITRATABLE ACIDITY; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENT; TOTAL PHENOLICS; TOTAL SOLUBLE SOLIDS;

AGENTS; ANTHOCYANINS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COLOR; FRUITS; PHENOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIOXIDANT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CULTIVAR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; PH; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

TUNISIA;

GLINUS; LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 84860502310     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.02.045     Document Type: Article

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