Patterns of variation in alkamides and cichoric acid in roots and aboveground parts of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1239-1242

  Qu, Luping ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Wang, Xiping ^a   Scalzo, Richard ^a   Davis, Jeanine M ^b  

^a Gaia Herbs Inc   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; HPLC; Medicinal plants; Phytochemicals; Plant breeding

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALKAMIDES; CICHORIC ACID; ECHINACEA PURPURIA; PHYTOCHEMICALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALKAFIDE PROCESS; CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS;

ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 22444442687     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.5.1239     Document Type: Article

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