Assessment of twenty-two citrus cultivars (oranges, mandarins and lemons) for quality characteristics and phytochemical's concentration

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 981, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 657-664

  Roussos, P A ^a   Paziodimou, C ^a   Kafkaletou, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Carotenoids; Flavonoids; O diphenols; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 84879211849     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.105     Document Type: Article

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