Influence of altitudinal variation on the content of phenolic compounds in wild populations of Calluna vulgaris, Sambucus nigra, and Vaccinium myrtillus

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 9080-9086

  Rieger, Gudrun ^a   Müller, Maria ^a   Guttenberger, Helmut ^a   Bucar, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Calluna vulgaris; DPPH assay; Flavonoids; HPLC; Hydroxycinnamic acids; LC MS; Sambucus nigra; Vaccinium myrtillus

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CALLUNA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOWER; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

ALTITUDE; ANTHOCYANINS; CALLUNA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 54349087137     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf801104e     Document Type: Article

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