Antioxidant activities of astaxanthin and related carotenoids

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1150-1154

  Naguib, Yousry M A ^a  

^a Phytochem Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Antioxidants; Astaxanthin; Carotenoids; Fluorescence; Liposomes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; BODIPY 665-676; BORON DERIVATIVE; CAROTENOID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FLUORESCENT DYE; FREE RADICAL; LYCOPENE; PEROXIDE; SCAVENGER; TROLOX C; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FLUOROMETRY; PERHYDROXYL RADICAL; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BORON COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; CAROTENOIDS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PEROXIDES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; VITAMIN E; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0034011558     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf991106k     Document Type: Article

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