The influence of cold water storage on fatty acids, antioxidant content and activity, and microbial load in ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris) fiddleheads

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 683-697

  DeLong, John M ^a   Hodges, D Mark ^a   Prange, Robert K ^a   Forney, Charles F ^a   Fan, Lihua ^a   Bishop, M Conny ^a   Elliot, Michele L ^a   Jordan, Michael A ^a   Doucette, Craig ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bacteria; Fatty acids; Fiddleheads; Fungi; Storage

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COLD WATER; DATA ACQUISITION; FATTY ACID; FERN; HARVESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; MATTEUCCIA STRUTHIOPTERIS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84879323454     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS2012-165     Document Type: Article

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