Polymethoxyflavones, synephrine and volatile constitution of peels of citrus fruit grown in Okinawa

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-224

  Inafuku Teramoto, Sayuri ^a,b   Suwa, Ryuichi ^a   Fukuzawa, Yasunori ^a   Kawamitsu, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GC MS; HPLC; Kabuchii (citrus keraji hort. ex tanaka var. kabuchii); Keraji (citrus keraji hort. ex tanaka); Ogimikuganii (citrus depressa Hayata)

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS DEPRESSA; CITRUS MAXIMA; CITRUS NOBILIS; CITRUS TANGERINA;

EID: 79955509236     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: 1882336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs1.80.214     Document Type: Article

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