Nutritional profile and productivity of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) in different habitats of a protected area of the Eastern Italian Alps

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Barizza, Elisabetta ^a   Guzzo, Flavia ^b   Fanton, Paolo ^a   Lucchini, Giorgio ^c   Sacchi, G Attilio ^c   Lo Schiavo, Fiorella ^a   Nascimbene, Juri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commercial blueberry; Fruit quality; Micro and macroelements; Secondary metabolites; Vaccinium myrtillus

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CYANIDIN; DELPHINIDIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ITALY; METABOLOMICS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

ANTHOCYANINS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ITALY; METABOLOMICS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 84877594176     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.12120     Document Type: Article

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