Some aspects of nutritive and biological value of carrot cultivars with orange, yellow and purple-coloured roots

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue , 2007, Pages 149-161

  Gajewski, Marek ^a   Szymczak, Paweł ^a   Dabrowska, Aleksandra ^a   Kret, Anna ^a   Elkner, Krystyna ^b   Danilcenko, Honorata ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE   (Poland)

^c VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

antioxidant activity; carrot; chemical composition; cultivars; nutritive value

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009481879     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: 18987761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-007-0039-z     Document Type: Article

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