Identification and stereochemical characterization of lignans in flaxseed and pumpkin seeds

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1181-1188

  Sicilia, Tina ^a,b   Niemeyer, Heike B ^a   Honig, Doris M ^a   Metzler, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiral HPLC; Cucurbita pepo L.; Flaxseed; Isolariciresinol; Lariciresinol; Lignan extraction; Linum flavum L.; Linum usitatissimum L.; Matairesinol; Pinoresinol; Pumpkin seeds; Secoisolariciresinol; Yellow flaxseed

Indexed keywords

BUTANEDIOL; FURAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDE; LARICIRESINOL; LIGNAN; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; LIGNIN; MATAIRESINOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; PINORESINOL; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FLAX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMERISM; LINSEED; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT SEED; PUMPKIN; SQUASH; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CUCURBITA; FLAX; FURANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNANS; LIGNIN; SEEDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA PEPO; LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; PEPO;

EID: 0037467079     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0207979     Document Type: Article

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