Old apple varieties could provide important health benefits

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 07:52 in Biology & Nature

Researchers from Cranfield University and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have constructed the metabolic fingerprint of British heritage apples and mainstream commercial varieties highlighting the extraordinary phytochemical content of some very old apples with dates of introduction spanning several centuries.

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