Effect of post-harvest handling and extraction on the content of echinacoside and cynarin in the root tissues of Echinacea angustifolia DC

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-271

  Maggini, Rita ^a   Raffaelli, Andrea ^b   Annaheim, Kathrin E ^a   Tozzini, Letizia ^a   Pacifici, Silvia ^a   Guidi, Lucia ^a   Pardossi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid derivatives; Coneflower; Cynarin; Drying temperature; Echinacea angustifolia; Echinacoside; Extraction protocol; Marker compound; Medicinal plants; Post harvest handling

Indexed keywords

CYNARINE; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACOSIDE; GALLIC ACID; METHANOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ECHINACEA; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; FREEZE DRYING; GREENHOUSE; GRINDING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPONICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE OVEN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT ROOT; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 77952858071     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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