Mulberry moracins: Scavengers of UV stress-generated free radicals

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1402-1405

  Sharma, Rashmi ^a,b   Sharma, Arun ^a   Shono, Tetsuya ^c   Takasugi, Mitsuo ^c   Shirata, Akira ^a   Fujimura, Tatsuhito ^b   Machii, Hiroaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free radical scavenger; Moracins; Mulberry; Phytoalexins; UV stress

Indexed keywords

LETHRINIDAE; MORUS (PLANT);

LINOLENIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; PHYTOALEXINS; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; TERPENE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MORACEAE; PLANT LEAF; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MORACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SUPEROXIDES; TERPENES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0035377721     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1402     Document Type: Article

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