Analysis and health effects of flavonoids

Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-46

  Hollman, Peter C H ^a   Hertog, Michael G L ^b   Katan, Martijn B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GLYCOSIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; SUGAR;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEVERAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY RISK; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030250812     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(96)00065-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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