Antioxidant activity of betalains from plants of the Amaranthaceae

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2288-2294

  Cai, Yizhong ^a   Sun, Mei ^a   Corke, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amaranthaceae; Anti oxidants; Antioxidant activity; Betacyanins; Betalains; Betaxanthins; Colorants; DPPH.

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 METHOXYTYRAMINE BETAXANTHIN; AMARANTHACEAE EXTRACT; AMARANTHINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETANIN; CATECHIN; CELOSIANIN; DOPAMINE BETAXANTHIN; FERULIC ACID; GOMPHRENIN I; IRESININ; ISOAMARANTHINE; ISOBETANIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTOSIDE; TRYPTOPHAN BETAXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION KINETICS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETALAINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

AMARANTHACEAE;

EID: 0242515915     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf030045u     Document Type: Article

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