The proposed biosynthesis of procyanidins by the comparative chemical analysis of five Camellia species using LC-MS

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Tai, Yuling ^a   Wang, Yijun ^a   Meng, Qilu ^a   Yang, Yunqiu ^a   Zhang, Shihua ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Zhengzhu ^a   Li, Daxiang ^a   Wan, Xiaochun ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFLAVONOID; CATECHIN; GLUCOSE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMELLIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BIFLAVONOIDS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAMELLIA; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSE; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 85017192101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep46131     Document Type: Article

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