Alaskan wild berry resources and human health under the cloud of climate change

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3884-3900

  Kellogg, Joshua ^a   Wang, Jinzhi ^a   Flint, Courtney ^a   Ribnicky, David ^b   Kuhn, Peter ^b   De Mejia, Elvira González ^a   Raskin, Ilya ^b   Lila, Mary Ann ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Anthocyanins; Diabetes; Empetrum nigrum; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Pref 1; Proanthocyanidins; Rubus chamaemorus; Rubus spectabilis; Traditional ecological knowledge; Vaccinium ovalifolium; Vaccinium uliginosum

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OBESITY; RANDOMIZATION; ROSACEAE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL LINE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FRUIT; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROSACEAE;

EMPETRUM NIGRUM; MUS; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; RUBUS SPECTABILIS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM OVALIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM;

EID: 77950688494     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf902693r     Document Type: Article

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