Quality, antioxidant activity and total phenols of six Spanish pomegranates clones

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-72

  Melgarejo Sánchez, Pablo ^a   Martínez, Juan José ^a   Legua, Pilar ^a   Martínez, Rafael ^a   Hernández, Francisca ^a   Melgarejo, Pablo ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arils; Organic acids; Principal component analysis; Punica granatum; Sugars; Total antioxidant activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLONE; CULTIVAR; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; ORGANIC ACID; PHENOL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUGAR;

LYTHRACEAE; PUNICA GRANATUM;

EID: 84949116064     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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