Micronutrient and Functional Compounds Biofortification of Maize Grains

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-139

  Messias, Rafael da Silva ^a,b   Galli, Vanessa ^a   Silva, Sérgio Delmar Dos Anjos E ^a   Schirmer, Manoel Artigas ^b   Rombaldi, César Valmor ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CLIMA TEMPERADO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antioxidants; endogenous fortification; Grain; minerals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; ENDOGENOUS FORTIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICRO-CONSTITUENTS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

MINERALS;

MINERAL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM;

GENETIC VARIATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MINERALS; VITAMIN A; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84905706195     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.649314     Document Type: Review

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