Profiling of phenolic and other polar constituents from hydro-methanolic extract of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) by means of accurate-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS)

Food Research International

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 354-362

  Abu Reidah, Ibrahim M ^a,b   Arráez Román, David ^a,b   Segura Carretero, Antonio ^a,b   Fernández Gutiérrez, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Research and Development Functional Food Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; Electrospray quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry; High performance liquid chromatography; Phenolic compounds; Phytochemicals; Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CUCURBITACEAE; IRIDOIDS; PHENOLIC ACIDS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLIC DERIVATIVE; PHYTOCHEMICALS; POLAR COMPOUNDS; VULGARIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS;

PHENOLS;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITACEAE;

EID: 84872743003     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2012.12.033     Document Type: Article

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