Major production areas of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) deliver herbal tea of similar phenolic and phenylpropenoic acid glucoside content

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 162-169

  Joubert, E ^a,b   Jolley, B ^b   Koch, I S ^b   Muller, M ^b   Van der Rijst, M ^c   de Beer, D ^a  

^a ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspalathin; Geographical area; Isoorientin; Nothofagin; Orientin; Phenylpyruvic acid 2 O glucoside; Quercetin 3 O robinobioside

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HERB; LEGUME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MODEL VALIDATION; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS;

EID: 84949232067     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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