Variation in the anthocyanin concentration of wild populations of crowberries (Empetrum nigrum L subsp. hermaphroditum)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 12286-12291

  Koskela, Ali K J ^a   Anttonen, Mikko J ^a,b   Soininen, Tuula H ^a   Saviranta, Niina M M ^a   Auriola, Seppo ^a   Julkunen Tiitto, Riitta ^a   Karjalainen, Reijo O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

anthocyanins; Crowberry; Empetrum nigrum; HPLC; mass spectrometry; population; variation

Indexed keywords

CROWBERRY; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; HPLC; POPULATION; VARIATION;

FORESTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTHOCYANINS;

EMPETRUM; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; ERICACEAE;

ANTHOCYANIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ERICACEAE; FINLAND; FRUIT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTHOCYANINS; ERICACEAE; FINLAND; FRUIT; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 78649674364     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf1037695     Document Type: Article

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