Biological relevance of terpenoids: Overview focusing on mono-, di- and tetraterpenes

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 95-106

  Wagner, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Elmadfa, Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Institute of Nutritional Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal models; Biomarker; Carotenoids; Cell cultures; Diterpenes; Fruits; Functional food; Human studies; Monoterpenes; Tetraterpenes; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARNOSIC ACID; CARNOSOL; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; DITERPENE; DITERPENOID; ISOROSMANOL; LYCOPENE; PACLITAXEL; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOID; RETINOL; ROSMANOL; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ROSMARYDIPHENOL; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMOPREVENTION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; TERPENES; VEGETABLES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037570878     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070030     Document Type: Review

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