Nitrate content in dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa) from organic and conventional origin: Intake assessment

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Gorenjak, Alenka Hmelak ^a   Koležnik, Urška Rizman ^b   Cencič, Avrelija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b Agriculture and Forest Institution Maribor   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

nitrate; nitrite; vegetables

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; MEAN VALUES; NITRATE INTAKE; NITRATE LEVELS; NITRITE; SLOVENIA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

VEGETABLES;

NITRATES;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; DANDELION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; LETTUCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; LETTUCE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NITRATES; QUALITY CONTROL; TARAXACUM;

EID: 84862203299     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2012.658873     Document Type: Article

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