Antioxidant activity of the cruciferous vegetable Maca (Lepidium meyenii)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-213

  Sandoval, Manuel ^a   Okuhama, Nataly N ^a   Angeles, Fausto M ^a   Melchor, Vanessa V ^a   Condezo, Luis A ^b   Lao, Juan ^b   Miller, Mark J S ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA DE LA SELVA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CATECHIN; DEOXYRIBOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PEROXY RADICAL; PEROXYNITRITE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; MACROPHAGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENII;

EID: 0036838160     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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