Growing environment and nutrient availability affect the content of some phenolic compounds in Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea angustifolia

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1407-1414

  Zheng, Youbin ^a   Dixon, Mike ^a   Saxena, Praveen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Controlled environment systems; Echinacea angustifolia; Echinacea purpurea; Hydroponics; Phytochemical variation; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CICHORIC ACID; CYNARINE; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINACOSIDE; NITRATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINACEA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HYDROPONICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH;

ECHINACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; HYDROPONICS; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ASTERACEAE; ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 33846237691     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951720     Document Type: Article

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