Carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.) as source of antioxidants

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 303-311

  Bystrická, Judita ^a   Kavalcová, Petra ^a   Musilová, Janette ^a   Vollmannová, Alena ^a   Tóth, Tomáš ^a   Lenková, Marianna ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carrot; Cultivar; Polyphenols; carotenes

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; CULTIVAR; DIGESTIBILITY; ETHANOL; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; ROOT VEGETABLE; SAMPLING; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

BARDEJOV; PRESOVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 84961647309     PISSN: 15819175     EISSN: 18541941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14720/aas.2015.105.2.13     Document Type: Article

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