Antioxidant and scavenging activity of emodin, aloe-emodin, and rhein on free-radical and reactive oxygen species

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 342-348

  Vargas, Franklin R ^a   Díaz, Yrene H ^b   Carbonell, Karla M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aloe emodin; Antioxidant activity; Chemiluminescence; Emodin; Rhein

Indexed keywords

ALOE EMODIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; EMODIN; FERROUS ION; FREE RADICAL; GALVANOXYL RADICAL; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE; LINOLEIC ACID; LUMINOL; RHEIN; SCAVENGER; SINGLET OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALOE; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 10344249406     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490519613     Document Type: Article

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