Genotypic variation of total phenol and Oleuropein concentration and antioxidant activity of 11 Greek olive cultivars (Olea Europaea L.)

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-342

  Petridis, Antonios ^a   Therios, Ioannis ^a   Samouris, Georgios ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Maturity index; Olive; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 84861320264     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.3.339     Document Type: Article

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