Nutritional value of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) grown in greenhouse by different agronomic techniques

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-251

  Erba, Daniela ^a   Casiraghi, M Cristina ^a   Ribas Agustí, Albert ^b   Cáceres, Rafaela ^c   Marfà, Oriol ^c   Castellari, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Biosystems Engineering and Agronomy (IRTA)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Carotenoids; Food analysis; Food composition; Horticulture and nutritional content; Minerals; Phenolic compounds; Tomato; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886308683     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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