Antioxidative Properties of Jaffa Sweeties and Grapefruit and Their Influence on Lipid Metabolism and Plasma Antioxidative Potential in Rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 907-910

  Gorinstein, Shela ^a   Yamamoto, Kazutaka ^b   Katrich, Elena ^a   Leontowicz, Hanna ^c   Lojek, Antonin ^d   Leontowicz, Maria ^c   Číž, Milan ^d   Goshev, Ivan ^e   Shalev, Uri ^f   Trakhtenberg, Simon ^g  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^e Institute of Organic Chemistry   (Israel)

^f EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^g KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Grapefruit; Jaffa sweetie; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI;

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; FLAVONOID; LIPID; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GRAPEFRUIT; ISRAEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NUTRITION; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLESTEROL; CITRUS; CITRUS PARADISI; FLAVONOIDS; ISRAEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0042821545     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.907     Document Type: Article

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