Electron spin resonance study of free radicals formed from a procyanidin-rich pine (Pinus maritima) bark extract, pycnogenol

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1308-1312

  Guo, Qiong ^a   Zhao, Baolu ^b   Packer, Lester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Electron spin resonance; Free radicals; Horseradish peroxidase; Intramolecular hydrogen bond; Procyanidin B3; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; FREE RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PYCNOGENOL;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIFLAVONOIDS; BUFFERS; CARBONATES; CATECHIN; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROANTHOCYANIDINS;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; PINUS MARITIMA;

EID: 0033429335     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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