Sulphur-Containing Compounds

Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 25-46

  Mithen, Richard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alliin alliinase; Allium crops; Amino acids; Glucosinolate myrosinase; Glucosinolates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890263190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988558.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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