Why do we expect carotenoids to be antioxidants in vivo?

Free Radical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-398

  Rice Evans, Catherine A ^a   Sampson, Julia ^a   Bramley, Peter M ^b   Holloway, Daniel E ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABTS( +); Antioxidant; Carotenoid; Electron donor; Lycopene; Radical scavenger; Xanthophyll; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FREE RADICAL; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; SCAVENGER; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROPHYLAXIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0030986875     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709097818     Document Type: Article

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