Purification and identification of flavonoids from the yellow green cocoon shell (sasamayu) of the silkworm, bombyx mori

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1396-1399

  Kurioka, Akira ^a   Yamazaki, Masayoshi ^a  

^a Silk Science Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Ethanolic cocoon shell extract; Flavonoid; Free radical scavenging activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SILKWORM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BOMBYX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOSIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA;

EID: 0036616937     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1396     Document Type: Article

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