Tomato consumption does not affect the total antioxidant capacity of plasma

Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 268-271

  Pellegrini, Nicoletta ^a   Riso, Patrizia ^b   Porrini, Marisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Humans; Lycopene; Tomato; Total antioxidant potential

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FREE RADICAL; LYCOPENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMATO;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; REFERENCE VALUES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0034073608     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(99)00305-6     Document Type: Article

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