Antioxidant properties and composition of aqueous extracts from Mentha species, hybrids, varieties, and cultivars

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4563-4569

  Dorman, H J Damien ^a   Koşar, Müberra ^a   Kahlos, Kirsti ^a   Holm, Yvonne ^a   Hiltunen, Raimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Composition; DPPH; High performance liquid chromatography; Hydroxyl radicals; Mentha; Water soluble extracts

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; ERIOCITRIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON DERIVATIVE; ISORHOIFOLIN; LUTEOLIN 7 GLUCOSIDE; MENTHA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVAR; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; IRON CHELATION; MENTHA; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; REDUCTION; VARIETAS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATTLE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MENTHA; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

MENTHA; MENTHA AQUATICA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA VERTICILLATA;

EID: 0041802933     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf034108k     Document Type: Article

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