Chemical composition and potential health effects of prunes: A functional food?

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 251-286

  Stacewicz Sapuntzakis, Maria ^a   Bowen, Phyllis E ^a   Hussain, Erum A ^a   Damayanti Wood, Bernadette I ^a   Farnsworth, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

carotene; Boron; Laxative; Neochlorogenic acid; Phenolic acids; Phytochemicals; Sorbitol

Indexed keywords

BORON; LAXATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHENOL; SORBITOL;

BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

BORON; CATHARTICS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENOL; PHYTOTHERAPY; SORBITOL;

EID: 0035527073     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20014091091814     Document Type: Review

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