Determination and distribution of ascorbic acid in three tropical fruits;Determinação e distribuição de ácido ascórbico em três frutos tropicais

Ecletica Quimica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  de Andrade, Ruth Sales Gama ^a,b   Diniz, Maria Celeste Teixeira ^b   Neves, Eduardo Almeida ^b   Nóbrega, Joaquim Araújo ^b  

^a Escola Técnica Federal de Sergipe   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Iodimetry; Tropical fruits

Indexed keywords

EID: 85117587114     PISSN: 01004670     EISSN: 16784618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-46702002000200032     Document Type: Article

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