Betacyanins and Phenolic Compounds from Amaranthus spinosus L. and Boerhavia erecta L.

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Stintzing, Florian C ^a   Kammerer, Dietmar ^a   Schieber, Andreas ^a   Adama, Hilou ^b   Nacoulma, Odile G ^b   Carle, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Lab de Biochim and Chim Appl   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Amaranthus spinosus; Boerhavia erecta; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; BOERHAVIA; BOERHAVIA ERECTA; NYCTAGINACEAE;

EID: 1342310462     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2004-1-201     Document Type: Article

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