Hydroxycinnamates in plants and food: Current and future perspectives

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-361

  Kroon, Paul A ^a   Williamson, Gary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Caffeic acid; Chlorogenic acid; Cross linking; Esterases; Ferulic acid; Hydroxycinnamates; Lignin; P coumaric acid; Plant cell walls; Sinapic acid; Vanillin

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAFFEIC ACID; ENZYMOLOGY; FERULIC ACID; HYDROXYCINNAMATE; PARA COUMARIC ACID; SINAPIC ACID;

EID: 0032987840     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990301)79:3<355::AID-JSFA255>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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