Difficulty for consumers in choosing commercial bilberry supplements by relying only on product label information

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-215

  Yamamoto, Masao ^a,b   Yamaura, Katsunori ^a   Ishiwatari, Makiko ^a   Ueno, Koichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Pharmaceuticals Dept   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthocyanidins; bilberry anthocyanins; consumer; product label information; quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN;

ARTICLE; BILBERRY; CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEGRADATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERICACEAE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACKAGING; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878923798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.112432     Document Type: Article

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