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Elemental composition and some nutritional parameters of sweet pepper from orga...
Guilherme, Rosa; Reboredo, Fernando; Guerra, Mauro; Ressurreição, Sandrine; Alvarenga, NunoThe increasing demand of organic agriculture (OA) is based on the consumer’s belief that organic agricultural products are healthier, tastier and more nutritious. The effect of OA and conventional agriculture (CA) methods on the elemental compositions of green and red sweet peppers were studied. The highest concentrations of Ca, Cu, K and P occur in peppers from OA in both states of ripeness, with emphasis on C...
Phenolics and antioxidant activity of green and red sweet peppers from organic ...
Guilherme, Rosa; Aires, Alfredo; Rodrigues, Nuno; Peres, António M.; Pereira, José A.UIDB/00690/2020; Today, consumers are very concerned regarding food quality, nutritional composition and positive health effects of consumed foods. In this context, the preference and consumption of organic products has been increasing worldwide. In the present work, sweet peppers in two maturation stages (i.e., green and red peppers) from organic and conventional production systems were evaluated in regards to...