Interaction of the antioxidant flavonoid quercetin with planar lipid bilayers

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-146

  Movileanu, Liviu ^a,b   Neagoe, Ioana ^b   Flonta, Maria Luiza ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bilayer lipid membranes; Bioflavonoid; Hydrophobic barrier; Molecular interaction; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; QUERCETIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIPOLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPOPHILICITY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; QUERCETIN;

EID: 0034665067     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(00)00503-2     Document Type: Article

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