Aromatic plants as a source of important phytochemicals: Vitamins, sugars and fatty acids in Cistus ladanifer, Cupressus lusitanica and Eucalyptus gunnii leaves

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-430

  Guimarães, Rafaela ^a   Barros, Lillian ^a   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Sousa, Maria João ^a   Morais, Jorge Sá ^a   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aromatic plants; Nutraceuticals; Phytochemicals; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC PLANTS; ASCORBIC ACIDS; CISTUS LADANIFER; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA MILL; DERMATOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; EUCALYPTUS GUNNII; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTORS; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR; HEALTH EFFECTS; LINOLEIC; NUTRACEUTICALS; OMEGA-3; PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PHYTOCHEMICALS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; REDUCING SUGARS; REFRACTION INDEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ASSAYS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DETECTORS; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; KETONES; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); VITAMINS;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANGIOSPERM; ASCORBIC ACID; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAF; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUGAR; VITAMIN;

CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GUNNII;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC ACID; OXIDATION; PLANT;

EID: 70349114604     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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