Extraction and identification of antioxidants in the roots of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4711-4713

  Yan, Xiaojun ^a   Suzuki, Masahiro ^a   Ohnishi Kameyama, Mayumi ^a   Sada, Yasutoshi ^b   Nakanishi, Tateo ^c   Nagata, Tadahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Shizuoka Pref Tea Res Institute   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Asteraceae; Chlorogenic acid; Smallanthus sonchifolius; Tryptophan; Yacon

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASTERACEAE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT ROOT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTERACEAE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0033230129     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf981305o     Document Type: Article

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