Dimerumic acid as an antioxidant of the mold, Monascus anka

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 999-1004

  Aniya, Yoko ^a   Ohtani, Ikuko I ^a   Higa, Tatsuo ^a   Miyagi, Chika ^a   Gibo, Hisako ^b   Shimabukuro, Megumi ^b   Nakanishi, Hisaharu ^b   Taira, Junsei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Tropical Technology Center Limited   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbon tetrachloride; Dimerumic acid; Free radicals; Hepatotoxicity; Mold; Monascus anka

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; YEAST;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIPERAZINES; SUPEROXIDES; YEASTS;

EID: 0034653007     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00188-X     Document Type: Article

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