Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) as a source of nutraceuticals: Limonoids and flavonoids

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-19

  Russo, Marina ^a   Arigò, Adriana ^a   Calabrò, Maria Luisa ^a   Farnetti, Sara ^b   Mondello, Luigi ^a,c   Dugo, Paola ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bergamot; Bioactive molecules; By products; Limonoids; Multidimensional preparative HPLC; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953409100     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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