An overview of plant phenolic compounds and their importance in human nutrition and management of type 2 diabetes

Molecules

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Lin, Derong ^a   Xiao, Mengshi ^a   Zhao, Jingjing ^a   Li, Zhuohao ^a   Xing, Baoshan ^b   Li, Xindan ^a   Kong, Maozhu ^a   Li, Liangyu ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Liu, Yaowen ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Qin, Wen ^a   Wu, Hejun ^a   Chen, Saiyan ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Complication; Function; Phenolic Compounds; Type 2 Diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; EDIBLE PLANT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 84992424410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21101374     Document Type: Review

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