Enhancement of antioxidant capacity of cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) fruit by postharvest calcium treatment

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-164

  Aghdam, Morteza Soleimani ^a   Dokhanieh, Afsaneh Yousefpour ^b   Hassanpour, Hamid ^c   Rezapour Fard, Javad ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Calcium chloride; Cornelian cherry; DPPH scavenging; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHLORIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84881093472     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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