Antioxidant activity of carotenoids

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 345-351

  Stahl, Wilhelm ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; HYDROGEN; LYCOPENE; PEROXY RADICAL; PIGMENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SINGLET OXYGEN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLINDNESS; BLUE LIGHT; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIET; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA; EYE PROTECTION; FILTRATION; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIPOPHILICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PLANT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVIEW; SKIN PROTECTION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0142216401     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-2997(03)00030-X     Document Type: Review

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