Nutritional composition and antioxidant capacity in edible flowers: Characterisation of phenolic compounds by HPLC-DAD-ESI/MSn

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 805-822

  Navarro González, Inmaculada ^a   González Barrio, Rocío ^a   García Valverde, Verónica ^a   Bautista Ortín, Ana Belén ^a   Periago, María Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Edible flowers; HPLC DAD ESI MSn; Nutritional value; ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity); Phenolic compounds; TEAC (trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity)

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CAFFEOYLQUINIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROGENIC ACID; COUMAROYLQUINIC ACID; CYANIDIN DI HEXOSIDE; DELPHINIDIN 3 O HEXOSIDE; ELLAGIC ACID; FAT; FLAVONOL; HYDROXYCYNNAMIC ACID; KAEMPFEROL 3 O ACETYL SOPHOROSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O HEXOSIDE; KAEMPFEROL 3 O SOPHOROSIDE; KAEMPFEROL O ACETYLHEXOXIDE; LARICITRIN; LARICITRIN DI HEXOSIDE; LARICITRIN HEXOSIDE; MINERAL; MYRICETIN 3 O SOPHOROSIDE; MYRICETIN HEXOSIDE; PELARGONIDIN 3 O SOPHOROSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; SPILANTHES OLERACEA EXTRACT; TAGETES ERECTA EXTRACT; TANNIN; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; ASH; ASTERACEAE; COLORIMETRY; DIETARY FIBER; ELECTROSPRAY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLOWER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARIGOLD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORAC ASSAY; SPILANTHES OLERACEA; TROLOX EQUIVALENT ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; TROPAEOLACEAE; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; TAGETES; TROPAEOLUM;

SPILANTHES OLERACEA; TAGETES ERECTA; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS;

ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTERACEAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; PHENOLS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TAGETES; TROPAEOLUM;

EID: 84920265964     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16010805     Document Type: Article

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