Antioxidant activity of phytoestrogenic isoflavones

Free Radical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Ruiz Larrea, M Begoña ^a,b   Mohan, Aarthi R ^a   Paganga, George ^d   Miller, Nicholas J ^a   Bolwell, G Paul ^c   Rice Evans, Catherine A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHANIN A; DAIDZEIN; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; GENISTIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ONONIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION;

EID: 0031036191     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709097785     Document Type: Article

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