Evaluation of the antioxidant and pro-oxidant effects of tea catechin oxypolymers

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6362-6366

  Li, Chunmei ^a   Xie, Bijun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Pro oxidant; Tea catechin oxypolymers

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; DEOXYRIBOSE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REDUCTION; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; DEOXYRIBOSE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOXYGENASE; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEA;

EID: 0034524725     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf000110p     Document Type: Article

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