Two New Polymethoxylated Flavones, a Class of Compounds with Potential Anticancer Activity, Isolated from Cold Pressed Dancy Tangerine Peel Oil Solids

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 364-368

  Chen, Jie ^a   Montanari, Antonio M ^a   Widmer, Wilbur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Citrus; Dancy tangerine; Polymethoxylated flavones; Tangerine oils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000041713     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960110i     Document Type: Article

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