Folates in Fruits and Vegetables: Contents, Processing, and Stability

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 506-528

  Delchier, Nicolas ^a   Herbig, Anna Lena ^b,c   Rychlik, Michael ^a   Renard, Catherine M G C ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Degradation; Folate; Folic acid; Heat treatment; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FRUITS; HEAT TREATMENT; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; VEGETABLES;

CARBON METABOLISM; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOLATE; FOLIC ACIDS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; HIGH-CONTENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

EID: 84976217397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15414337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12193     Document Type: Article

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