Plant defense & human nutrition: Phenylpropanoids on the menu

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-65

  Iriti, Marcello ^a   Faoro, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cinnamates; Coumarins; Flavonoids; Lignans; Phytoestrogens; Stilbenes

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APIGENIN; BENZOIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CATECHIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DAIDZEIN; ENTERODIOL; ENTEROLACTONE; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; HESPERIDIN; KAEMPFEROL; LIGNAN; LUTEOLIN; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PSORALEN; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; RUTOSIDE; SALICYLIC ACID; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; UMBELLIFERONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; BREEDING METHOD; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGESTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; FOOD; FRUIT; HEART PROTECTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLITE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ODOR; PLANT; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT PRODUCT; PREMATURE AGING; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; VEGETABLE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 2442641746     PISSN: 15407535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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