Betacyanin and Other Antioxidants Production During Growth of Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Fruits

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-343

  Castellar, M R ^a   Solano, F ^b   Obon J M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Betacyanins; Food colorants; Opuntia stricta; Polyphenols; Prickly pear

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA; PYRUS;

ANTIOXIDANT; BETACYANIN; CARBOHYDRATE; LEVODOPA; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OPUNTIA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETACYANINS; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; FRUIT; LEVODOPA; OPUNTIA; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; TYROSINE;

EID: 84871413643     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-012-0316-y     Document Type: Article

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