Use of UFLC-PDA for the Analysis of Organic Acids in Thirty-Five Species of Food and Medicinal Plants

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1337-1344

  Pereira, Carla ^a   Barros, Lillian ^a   Carvalho, Ana Maria ^a   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Edible plants; Medicinal plants; Organic acids; UFLC PDA

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE PLANTS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; PHOTODIODE ARRAY DETECTIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; SEPARATION METHODS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; UFLC-PDA; ULTRA-FAST LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACIDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSELLA;

EID: 84883826891     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-012-9548-6     Document Type: Article

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