Variation of chemical composition of the lipophilic extracts from yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) foliage

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4747-4756

  Lavoie, Jean Michel ^a   Stevanovic, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betula alleghaniensis; Bioactive triterpenes and phytosterols; Foliage; Geographical variation; Lipophilic extracts; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HEXANE; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; SQUALENE; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON;

BETULA; FATTY ACIDS; HEXANES; LIPIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SOLVENTS; SQUALENE; TRITERPENES;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS;

EID: 21644460411     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050301y     Document Type: Article

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