Organic and conventional fertilisation procedures on the nitrate, antioxidants and pesticide content in parts of vegetables

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-193

  Lima, G P P ^a   da Silva, Jaime A Teixeira ^b   Bernhard, A B ^a   Pirozzi, D C Z ^a   Fleuri, L F ^a   Vianello, F ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

leaves; organochlorine; peel; phenolic flavonoids; polyamine; stalk

Indexed keywords

LEAVES; ORGANOCHLORINES; PEEL; POLYAMINES; STALK;

VEGETABLES;

PHENOLS;

ANTIOXIDANT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FERTILIZER; FLAVONOID; MANURE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; WASTE;

ANALYSIS; ARTOCARPUS; BEET; BRAZIL; CARICA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; CYMBOPOGON; ECONOMICS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANURE; METABOLISM; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; POLLUTANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SWEET POTATO; WASTE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTOCARPUS; BETA VULGARIS; BRAZIL; CARICA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYMBOPOGON; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILIZERS; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD, ORGANIC; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANURE; NITRATES; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHENOLS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84864659120     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2012.695398     Document Type: Article

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