Antioxidant capacity of flavanols and gallate esters: Pulse radiolysis studies

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1413-1426

  Bors, Wolf ^a   Michel, Christa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aroxyl radicals; Azide radical; Condensed tannins; Free radicals; Gallate esters; Hydrolyzable tannins; Hydroxyl radical; Proanthocyanidins; Pulse radiolysis; Rate constants; Superoxide anion; Transient spectra

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOL; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PEROXY RADICAL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; RADICAL; RESORCINOL; SUPEROXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIONS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AZIDES; CATECHIN; FLAVONOIDS; FLAVONOLS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPEROXIDES; TANNINS;

EID: 0033405864     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00187-2     Document Type: Article

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