Citrus cultivars with high flavonoid contents in the fruits

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 68, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 231-236

  Ortuño, Ana ^a   Reynaldo, Inés ^b   Fuster, María Dolores ^a   Botía, Juana ^a   García Puig, Damián ^a   Sabater, Francisco ^a   García Lidón, Angel ^c   Porras, Ignacio ^c   Del Río, José Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agricolas Habana   (Cuba)

^c Ctro Invest Desarrollo A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrus; Flavonoids; Hesperidin; Naringin; Neohesperidin

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 0030950549     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(96)00988-0     Document Type: Article

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