Antioxidant phenolic constituents in roots of Rheum officinale and Rubia cordifolia: Structure-radical scavenginq activity relationships

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 7884-7890

  Cai, Yizhong ^a   Sun, Mei ^a   Xing, Jie ^b   Corke, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Antioxidant activity; Hydroxyanthraquinones; Phenolic constituents; Radical scavenging activity; Rheum officinale; Rubia cordifolia; Structure activity relationships

Indexed keywords

2,2 AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID)DIAMMONIUM; ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZENE; GALLIC ACID; HYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL GROUP; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RHEUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; RHEUM OFFICINALE; RHUBARB; RUBIA; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; RUBIACEAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TROLOX EQUIVALENT ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY;

RHEUM; RHEUM OFFICINALE; RHEUM X CULTORUM; RUBIA;

EID: 11144241260     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0489116     Document Type: Article

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