Chemical and Biomolecular Characterization of Artemisia umbelliformis Lam., an Important Ingredient of the Alpine Liqueur "Genepì"

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3436-3443

  Rubiolo, Patrizia ^a   Matteodo, Maura ^a   Bicchi, Carlo ^a   Appendino, Giovanni ^b   Gnavi, Giorgio ^a   Bertea, Cinzia ^a   Maffei, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine liqueurs; Artemisia umbelliformis Lam.; Biomolecular analysis; Chemical analysis; Chemotype discrimination

Indexed keywords

LACTONE; PLANT DNA; RNA 5S; SESQUITERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ARTEMISIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BEVERAGES; DNA, PLANT; LACTONES; PLANT OILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SESQUITERPENES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA UMBELLIFORMIS;

EID: 66149146757     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf803915v     Document Type: Article

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