Artichoke: botanical, agronomical, phytochemical, and pharmacological overview

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 993-1018

  de Falco, Bruna ^a   Incerti, Guido ^a   Amato, Mariana ^b   Lanzotti, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caffeoylquinic acids; Cynaracardunculus; Flavonoids; Inulin; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ARTICHOKE EXTRACT; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CYNARINE; FLAVONOID; INULIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICHOKE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON STORAGE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84947612573     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-015-9428-y     Document Type: Review

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