Chemical principles and bioactivities of blueberry

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 422-429

  Chen, Chieh Fu ^a,c   Li, Ya Dong ^b,c   Xu, Zhe ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wang Min Chang Fu Agriculture Development Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidation; Blueberry; Chronic diseases; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FLAVONOID; LINOLEIC ACID; RESVERATROL; RHODOPSIN; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLUEBERRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; FRUIT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MICROORGANISM; NEOPLASM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINIUM; VISION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLUEBERRY PLANT; CHLOROGENIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 77951614802     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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