Profiling the chemical content of Opuntia ficus-indica flowers by HPLC-PDA-ESI-MS and GC/EIMS analyses

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-52

  De Leo, M ^a   Abreu, M Bruzual De ^a   Pawlowska, A M ^a   Cioni, P L ^a   Braca, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flavonol glycosides; HPLC PDA ESI MS; Opuntia ficus indica; Volatile profile

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXYL ACETIC ACID; 2,3 PINANEDIOL; 3 HEXEN 1 OL; BETA YLANGENE; DECANAL; DIHYDROCITRONELLOL; FLAVONOID; GERMACRENE D; HEXANOL; ISOQUERCITRIN; ISORHAMNETIN; ISORHAMNETIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; ISORHAMNETIN 3 O GALACTOSIDE; ISORHAMNETIN 3 ROBINOBIOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL 3 O ARABINOSIDE; METHANOL; N TETRADECANE; NICOTIFLORIN; NONANAL; NONANOL; OPUNTIA FICUS EXTRACT; PINOCAMPHEOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 O RUTINOSIDE; TETRADECANE; TETRAHYDROLAVANDULOL; TRIDECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FLOWER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA FICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 77649234475     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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