Inhibitory effects of allium vegetable extracts on fatty acid synthase

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-346

  Sun, Xue Bing ^a   Tian, Wei Xi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Allium; Enzyme inhibition; Fatty acid synthase; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM; ALLIUM ATRORUBENS; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASUM; ALLIUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 67650876483     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.15.343     Document Type: Article

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