A modified, economic, sensitive method for measuring total antioxidant capacities of human plasma and natural compounds using Indian saffron (Crocus sativus)

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 155-163

  Chatterjee, Saurabh ^a   Poduval, T Balakrishna ^a   Tilak, Jai C ^a   Devasagayam, Thomas P A ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Crocin bleaching assay; DPPH assay; Natural antioxidants; Plasma antioxidant capability; Saffron; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CAROTENOID; PEROXY RADICAL; PLANT EXTRACT; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRY WEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROCUS; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 11844249281     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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