Resveratrol Biosynthesis: Plant Metabolic Engineering for Nutritional Improvement of Food

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-199

  Giovinazzo, Giovanna ^a   Ingrosso, Ilaria ^a   Paradiso, Annalisa ^b   de Gara, Laura ^c   Santino, Angelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Functional foods; Metabolic engineering; Resveratrol

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; VITACEAE;

EID: 84866730171     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-012-0299-8     Document Type: Article

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