Human red blood cells as a natural flavonoid reservoir

Free Radical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1331-1338

  Fiorani, Mara ^a   Accorsi, Augusto ^a   Cantoni, Orazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferricyanide; Human erythrocytes; Quercetin; Trans plasma membrane oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FLAVONOID; HAPTOGLOBIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUERCETIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCUBATION TIME; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ALBUMINS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; FERRICYANIDES; FLAVONOIDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; QUERCETIN;

EID: 0344875670     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760310001615998     Document Type: Review

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