Antioxidant and eicosanoid enzyme inhibition properties of pomegranate seed oil and fermented juice flavonoids

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  Schubert, Shay Yehoshua ^a   Lansky, Ephraim Philip ^b   Neeman, Ishak ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Science Park   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cyclooxygenase; Eicosanoids; Lipoxygenase; Pomegranate; Punica granatum

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; LIPOXYGENASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FERMENTATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; SHEEP;

EID: 0032976772     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(98)00222-0     Document Type: Article

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