Ascorbic acid, nitrate, and nitrite concentration relationship to the 24 hour light/dark cycle for spinach grown in different conditions

Food Chemistry

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 382-388

  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

Ascorbic acid; Light intensity; Nitrate; Nitrite; Spinach; Spinacia oleracea L

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACIDS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITRITE; SPINACH; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

NITRATES;

ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; HARVEST PERIOD; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; RAW FOOD; SPINACH; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATES; NITRITES; PLANT LEAVES; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VEGETABLES;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84870164845     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.10.036     Document Type: Article

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