Quebecol, a novel phenolic compound isolated from Canadian maple syrup

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-128

  Li, Liya ^a   Seeram, Navindra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Biological activities; Maple syrup; Phenolics; Process derived

Indexed keywords

ACER;

EID: 79955008126     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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