Freezing activities of flavonoids in solutions containing different ice nucleators

Cryobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-285

  Kuwabara, Chikako ^a   Wang, Donghui ^a   Kasuga, Jun ^b   Fukushi, Yukiharu ^a   Arakawa, Keita ^a   Koyama, Toshie ^c   Inada, Takaaki ^c   Fujikawa, Seizo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flavonoid compounds; Freeze controlling substance; Freezing; Heterogeneous and homogeneous ice nucleation; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FREEZING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ERWINIA; FLAVONOIDS; FREEZING; ICE; IODIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANTS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; WATER; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XYLEM;

ANANAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTOEA ANANATIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 84862826225     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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