Nitrates and glucosinolates as strong determinants of the nutritional quality in rocket leafy salads

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1519-1538

  Cavaiuolo, Marina ^a   Ferrante, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cancer; Glucosinolates; Nitrates; Rocket

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSINOLATE; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; THIOGLUCOSIDASE; ANTIOXIDANT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OSMOREGULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; ROCKET; BRASSICACEAE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BRASSICACEAE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GLUCOSINOLATES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NITRATES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84898946518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6041519     Document Type: Review

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