Composition of eggplant cultivars of the Occidental type and implications for the improvement of nutritional and functional quality

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2490-2499

  San José, Raquel ^a   Sánchez, María C ^a   Cámara, María M ^a   Prohens, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Organic acids; Phenolics; Principal components analysis; Solanum melongena; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION PROFILE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; PHENOLICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; VITAMIN C;

CARBOHYDRATES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PICKLING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 84886290920     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.12240     Document Type: Article

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