Antioxidant Isoflavones in Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6445-6451

  Tsao, Rong ^a   Yang, Raymond ^a   Young, J Christopher ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Hedge apple; Isoflavones; Maclura pomifera; Osage orange; Osajin; Pomiferin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; OSAJIN; POMIFERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; MACLURA POMIFERA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDES; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOPYRANS; BETA CAROTENE; EUGENOL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRUIT; ISOFLAVONES; LIGNANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MACLURA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS;

GLYCINE MAX; MACLURA; MACLURA POMIFERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0346433748     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0342369     Document Type: Article

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