Characterization of changes in polyphenols, antioxidant capacity and physico-chemical parameters during lowbush blueberry fruit ripening

Antioxidants

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 216-229

  Gibson, Lara ^a   Rupasinghe, H P Vasantha ^a   Forney, Charles F ^b   Eaton, Leonard ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Agriculture and Agri Food Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Fruit maturity; Organic acids; Physico chemical parameters; Polyphenols; Sugars; Vaccinium angustifolium; Wild blueberry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969517425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox2040216     Document Type: Article

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