Flavone-rich maize: An opportunity to improve the nutritional value of an important commodity crop

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Casas, María I ^a   Duarte, Silvia ^a   Doseff, Andrea I ^a   Grotewold, Erich ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Inflammation; Maize; Metabolism; Nutrition; Nutritional disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908181409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00440     Document Type: Article

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