Bioactive Phytochemicals in Vegetables

Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-158

  Shahidi, Fereidoon ^a   Chandrasekara, Anoma ^a   Zhong, Ying ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaloids, toxic nitrogen containing secondary metabolites in higher plants, microorganisms and animals; Bioactive phytochemicals in vegetables; Carotenoids, widespread natural pigments in plants, animals and microorganisms; Eggplant (Solonum Melongena) fruit vegetable consumed throughout the world; Phenolic compounds in fruit vegetables; Phenolics in leafy vegetables; Phytochemicals, nonnutrient bioactive compounds in plant foods; Plant phenolics, secondary metabolite group aromatic ring of one or more hydroxyl groups; Vegetables, of human diet a rich source of bioactive phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887191731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470958346.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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