Structural aspects of antioxidant activity of flavonoids

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-342

  Van Acker, Saskia A B E ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Dirk Jan ^a,b   Tromp, Michel N J L ^a   Griffioen, Désirée H ^a   Van Bennekom, Wout P ^c   Van Der Vijgh, Wim J F ^b   Bast, Aalt ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Flavonoid; Free radicals; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidation potential

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; AURANTIIN; CATECHIN; CYANIDIN CHLORIDE; DIOSMIN; DOXORUBICIN; FISETIN; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; GALANGIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HESPERIDIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MONOXERUTIN; MYRICETIN; PHLORETIN; PHLORIZIN; QUERCETIN; TAXIFOLIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0029921813     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(95)02047-0     Document Type: Article

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