Enhancement of antioxidative ability of rat plasma by oral administration of (-)-epicatechin

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 1209-1216

  Da Silva, Edson L ^a   Piskula, Mariusz ^a   Terao, Junji ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epicatechin; Epicatechin metabolites; Free radicals; Lipid peroxidation; Plasma antioxidant

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER SULFATE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG CONJUGATION; GLUCURONIDATION; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; COPPER SULFATE; FREE RADICALS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METHYLATION; OXIDANTS; PLASMA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032078794     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00438-3     Document Type: Article

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