Can agricultural cultivation methods influence the healthfulness of crops for foods?

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 6383-6390

  Jensen, Maja M ^a   Jørgensen, Henry ^a   Halekoh, Ulrich ^a   Olesen, Jørgen E ^a   Lauridsen, Charlotte ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

antioxidants; fatty acids; IgG; immunity; organic food; rat model; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; IGG; IMMUNITY; ORGANIC FOODS; RAT MODEL; VITAMIN-E;

AMINO ACIDS; CROPS; FATTY ACIDS; FERTILIZERS; HEALTH; MANURES;

CULTIVATION;

PLANT EXTRACT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CROP; DENMARK; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862884572     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf3011323     Document Type: Article

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