(-)-Catechin in cocoa and chocolate: Occurence and analysis of an atypical flavan-3-ol enantiomer

Molecules

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1274-1288

  Kofink, Michael ^a   Papagiannopoulos, Menelaos ^a   Galensa, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Catechin; Chocolate; Cocoa; Enantioseparation; Epicatechin; Epimerization; Flavonoids; Isolation; LC MS; Purification

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CATECHIN; FLAVAN 3 OL; FLAVAN-3-OL; FLAVONOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

ALKALIES; CACAO; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FLAVONOIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34547633460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/12071274     Document Type: Article

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