Antioxidant activity of nasunin, an anthocyanin in eggplant

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-187

  Noda, Yasuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NASUNIN; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; HERBAL MEDICINE; IRON CHELATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0032464023     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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