Measuring flavonoid enzyme activities in tissues of fruit species

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4983-4987

  Halbwirth, Heidi ^a   Waldner, Ines ^a   Miosic, Silvija ^a   Ibanez, Mireia ^b   Costa, Guglielmo ^b   Stich, Karl ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosa); Cherry (Primus avium); Elder (Sambucus x nigra); Flavonoid biosynthesis; Gooseberry (Rlbes uva crispa); Kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa); Plum (Prunus domestica); Raspberry (Rubus x ideaus); Sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; PLANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS CERASUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; RUBUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; RUBUS GLAUCUS; SAMBUCUS;

EID: 67149107364     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900121z     Document Type: Article

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