Organic acids, sugars, vitamin C content and some pomological characteristics of eleven hawthorn species (Crataegus spp.) from Turkey

BACKGROUND: The Hawthorn (Crateagus sp.) mostly occurs around the temperate region of the world with a high number of species, producing a fruit with numerous beneficial effects for human health. The aim of the study was to determine organic acid and sugar contents in the fruit of a number of hawtho...

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Main Authors: Muttalip Gundogdu, Koray Ozrenk, Sezai Ercisli, Tuncay Kan, Ossama Kodad, Attila Hegedus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602014000100021&lng=en&tlng=en