Phytochemical analysis of isoflavonoids using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 469-498

  Raju, Kanumuri Siva Rama ^a,b   Kadian, Naveen ^a   Taneja, Isha ^a,b   Wahajuddin, M ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Extraction; Isoflavonoids; LC MS MS; Phytoestrogens; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ACETYL DAIDZIN; ACETYL GENISTIN; ACETYL GLYCITIN; ALCOHOL; APOCYNIN; AURAPTENE; BIOCHANIN A; CALYCOSIN; DAIDZEIN; DAIDZIN; FORMONONETIN; GENISTIN; GLYCITEIN; GLYCITIN; GLYCYCOUMARIN; ISOFLAVONOID; ISOGLYCYROL; ISOLIQUIRITIN APIOSIDE; LIQUIRITIN; LIQUIRITIN APIOSIDE; MALONYL DAIDZIN; MALONYL GENISTIN; MALONYL GLYCITEIN; MARMIN ACETONID; METHANOL; ONONIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PUERARIN; TECTORIGENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALGA; BARREL MEDIC; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHICKPEA; CLOVER; COFFEE; DALBERGIA; ELECTROSPRAY; FLOWER; GINKGO BILOBA; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; GRAPE JUICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; LENTIL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUPINUS ALBUS; LUPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; LUPINUS LUTEUS; MUNG BEAN; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERARIA; PUERARIA LOBATA; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; SOYBEAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84929965636     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-015-9400-x     Document Type: Review

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