Changes in nitrate and nitrite concentrations over 24 h for sweet basil and scallions

Food Chemistry

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 955-960

  Chang, Audrey Chingzu ^a   Yang, Tsz Yi ^a   Riskowski, Gerald L ^b  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basil; Harvest time; Light level changes; Nitrate; Nitrite; Scallion

Indexed keywords

BASIL; HARVEST TIME; LIGHT LEVEL; NITRITE; SCALLION;

HARVESTING; VEGETABLES;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BASIL; HARVESTING; LIGHT INTENSITY; ONION; SCALLION;

ALLIUM; LIGHT; NITRATES; NITRITES; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 84866883116     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.08.084     Document Type: Article

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