Potato- An Important Source of Nutritional Kynurenic Acid

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-23

  Turski, Michal P ^a   Kamiński, Piotr ^b   Zgrajka, Wojciech ^a   Turska, Monika ^a   Turski, Waldemar A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Crisps; French fries; Kynurenic acid; Potato

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; KYNURENIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOUR; HUMAN; PLANT TUBER; POTATO;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FLOUR; HUMANS; KYNURENIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT TUBERS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84858299184     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-012-0283-3     Document Type: Article

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