Bioactive Compounds in Corn

Cereals and Pulses: Nutraceutical Properties and Health Benefits

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 85-103

  Luo, Yangchao ^a   Wang, Qin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds in corn; Carotene, cancer preventive; Carotenoids, whole grains; Cholesterol inhibition; Corn (Zea mays L.); Corn phytochemicals; Dietary phytosterols; Ferulic acid and corn; Health compounds in corn; Zein, in pharmacueticals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887181982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118229415.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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