Phytochemical composition and bioactive compounds of common purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) as affected by crop management practices

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Petropoulos, Spyridon ^a   Karkanis, Anestis ^a   Martins, Natalia ^b   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Functional foods; Omega 3 fatty acids; Oxalic acid; Purslane; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; VITAMINS;

ALPHA LINOLENIC ACIDS; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; LINOLENIC ACIDS; OMEGA-3-FATTY ACIDS; PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PURSLANE;

OXALIC ACID;

EID: 84977647609     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.06.010     Document Type: Review

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