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Efficient quantification of the health-relevant anthocyanin and phenolic acid profiles in commercial cultivars and breeding selections of blueberries ( Vaccinium spp.).
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 22 May 2013
Yousef Gad G, Brown Allan F, Funakoshi Yayoi, Mbeunkui Flaubert, Grace Mary H, Ballington James R, Loraine Ann, Lila Mary A
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Anthocyanins and phenolic acids are major secondary metabolites in blueberry with important implications for human health maintenance. An improved protocol was developed for the accurate, efficient, and rapid comparative screening for large blueberry sample sets. Triplicates of six commercial cultivars and four breeding selections were analyzed using the new method. The compound recoveries ranged from 94.2 to...
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