Genotypic variation in nutritional and antioxidant profile among iceberg lettuce cultivars

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Hortorum Cultus

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 37-45

  Rouphael, Youssef ^a   Kyriacou, Marios C ^b   Vitaglione, Paola ^a   Giordano, Maria ^a   Pannico, Antonio ^a   Colantuono, Antonio ^a   De Pascale, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Functional quality; Lactuca sativa L; Mineral composition; Phenolic acid profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021740745     PISSN: 16440692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24326/asphc.2017.3.4     Document Type: Article

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