Cytotoxic triterpenes and sterol from the fruit of rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei)

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-59

  Ono, Masateru ^a   Koto, Mihoko ^a   Komatsu, Haruki ^a   Igoshi, Keiji ^a   Kobayashi, Hiromasa ^a   Ito, Yasuyuki ^a   Nohara, Toshihiro ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blueberry; Cytotoxic activity; Ericaceae; Flavonoid; Sterol; Triterpene; Vaccinium ashei

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOLS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARCINOGENS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SILICA GEL;

BLUEBERRY; CYTOXIC ACTIVITY; ERICACEAE; FLAVONOID; STEROL; TRITERPENE; VACCINIUM ASHEI;

FRUITS;

ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 2342591258     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.10.56     Document Type: Article

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