Chemistry of Flavonoids

Fruit and Vegetable Phytochemicals: Chemistry, Nutritional Value, and Stability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 131-153

  Tsao, Rong ^a   Mccallum, Jason ^b  

^a GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemistry of flavonoids; Core flavonoid biosynthesis; Effect of postharvest storage and processing conditions; Flavonoids, abundant natural product groups in plant kingdom; Good separation and analytical method characterization of flavonoids; MS techniques and collision induced dissociation (CID) enhancing fragmentation of flavonoid; Postharvest storage and processing technologies flavonoid health benefits retention; Quantitative and qualitative analysis of flavonoids; Specific metabolite biosynthesis; Structural features of flavanones as those of flavones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889985696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813809397.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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