Beer increases plasma antioxidant capacity in humans

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 76-80

  Ghiselli, Andrea ^a   Natella, Fausta ^a   Guidi, Alessia ^a   Montanari, Luigi ^b   Fantozzi, Paolo ^b   Scaccini, Cristina ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Beer; Ethanol; Human; Polyphenols; TRAP

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; POLYPHENOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

EID: 0034010532     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(99)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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