Ascorbic acid conjugates isolated from the phloem of Cucurbitaceae

Phytochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1850-1858

  Hancock, Robert D ^a   Chudek, John A ^b   Walker, Paul G ^a   Pont, Simon D A ^a   Viola, Roberto ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Courgette; Cucurbita pepo; Cucurbitaceae; Glucoside; Mass spectrometry; NMR; Phloem; Structure; Transport; Zucchini

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHLOEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ASCORBIC ACID; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CUCURBITACEAE; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHLOEM;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; CUCURBITACEAE; LYCIUM; LYCIUM BARBARUM;

EID: 44649194449     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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