In vitro antioxidant activity of non-cultivated vegetables of ethnic Albanians in southern Italy

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 467-473

  Pieroni, A ^a   Janiak, V ^a   Durr C M ^a   Ludeke S ^a   Trachsel, E ^a   Heinrich, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Food plants; Lipid peroxidation; Nutraceuticals, ethnopharmacology, ethnic Albanians (Arb resh ); Plant extracts; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LIPOSOME; SCAVENGER; XANTHINE OXIDASE; 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA EXTRACT; CHONDRILLA JUNCEA EXTRACT; CICHORIUM INTYBUS EXTRACT; LEDUM GROENLANDICUM EXTRACT; LEOPOLDIA COMOSA EXTRACT; MUSCARI COMOSUM EXTRACT; ORIGANUM HERACLEOTICUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; STELLARIA MEDIA EXTRACT; TORDYLIUM APULUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; VEGETABLE; AGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALBANIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; ITALY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOSOMES; VEGETABLES; XANTHINE OXIDASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

BOVINAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA; CHONDRILLA JUNCEA; CICHORIUM; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; MUSCARI; MUSCARI COMOSUM; ORIGANUM; RHODIOLA; RHODIOLA ROSEA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON GROENLANDICUM; STELLARIA; STELLARIA MEDIA; TORDYLIUM; TORDYLIUM APULUM; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0036667474     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1243     Document Type: Article

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