Structural features and complement-fixing activity of pectin from three Brassica oleracea varieties: White cabbage, kale, and red kale

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 644-649

  Samuelsen, Anne Berit ^a   Westereng, Bjørge ^a,b   Yousif, Osman ^a   Holtekjølen, Ann Katrin ^b   Michaelsen, Terje E ^a,c   Knutsen, Svein H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; EXTRACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; KALE; LEAVES; PECTIN; RED KALE; SIDE CHAINS; WHITE CABBAGE;

CROPS;

ALCOHOL; PECTIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CABBAGE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; KALE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BRASSICA; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; PECTINS; WOUND HEALING;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 33847323102     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm060896l     Document Type: Article

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