Selection of citrus varieties highly productive for the neohesperidin dihydrochalcone precursor

Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 433-437

  Del Rio J A ^a   Fuster, M D ^a   Sabater, F ^a   Porras, I ^b   Garcia Lidon A ^b   Ortuno A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Ctro Invest Desarrollo A   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURANTIIN; FLAVANONE; NEOHESPERIDIN DIHYDROCHALCONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRODUCTIVITY; PURIFICATION;

CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS X PARADISI;

EID: 0030981916     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(96)00301-9     Document Type: Article

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