Glucosinolates

Bioactive Compounds in Foods

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-51

  Verkerk, Ruud ^a   Dekker, Matthijs ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acid modification; Anticarcinogenicity; Biological effects; Conversion of amino acids 34; Effects of processing; Glucosinolates; Hydrolysis products; Nature and occurrence; Responses to stress factors; Secondary transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889308596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302288.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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