The predominant polyphenol in the leaves of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolius, 3,4,5 tri-O-galloylquinic acid, protects membranes against desiccation and free radical-induced oxidation

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 301-308

  Moore, John P ^a   Westall, Kim L ^a   Ravenscroft, Neil ^a   Farrant, Jill M ^a   Lindsey, George G ^a   Brandt, Wolf F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

3,4,5 tri O galloylquinic acid; Desiccation; Liposome; MS; Myrothamnus flabellifolius; NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DEHYDRATED LEAVES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASES; POLYPHENOLS; TRI-O-GALLOYLQUINIC ACID;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

3,4,5 TRI O GALLOYLQUINIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYPHENOL; QUINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEHYDRATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYROTHAMNUS FLABELLIFOLIUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DESICCATION; FLAVONOIDS; FLUORESCEINS; FREE RADICALS; GALLIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOSOMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; QUINIC ACID; VACUOLES;

MYROTHAMNUS FLABELLIFOLIUS; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA;

EID: 12744261480     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040499     Document Type: Article

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