The flavone, flavonol and flavan-3-ol content of the Greek traditional diet

Food Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 812-821

  Dilis, Vardis ^a   Vasilopoulou, Effie ^a   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flavan 3 ols; Flavones; Flavonoid content; Flavonols; Traditional greek diet

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOL; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MYRICETIN; QUERCETIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34447275731     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.01.069     Document Type: Article

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