A long-term comparison of the influence of organic and conventional crop management practices on the content of the glycoalkaloid α-tomatine in tomatoes

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1537-1542

  Koh, Eunmi ^a   Kaffka, Stephen ^a   Mitchell, Alyson E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

tomatine; Conventional; Organic; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-TOMATINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TOMATINE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FRUIT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; ORGANIC FARMING; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; DIET; FRUIT; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; TOMATINE; VEGETABLES;

HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 84876330386     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5951     Document Type: Article

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