Age-induced diminution of free radical scavenging capacity in bee pollens and the contribution of constituent flavonoids

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 742-745

  Campos, Maria G ^a   Webby, Rosemary F ^b   Markham, Kenneth R ^b   Mitchell, Kevin A ^b   Da Cunha, Antonio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

, diphenyl picrylhydrazyl; Aging; Bee pollen; DPPH; Free radical scavenging activity; Quality control

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; BIOFLAVONOID; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD STORAGE; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLEN; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; PHENOLS; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0037471606     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0206466     Document Type: Article

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