The role of antioxidant phytonutrients in the prevention of diseases

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 119-125

  Lugasi, Andrea ^a   Hóvári, Judit ^a   Sági, Katalin V ^a   Bíró, Lajos ^a  

^a Jozsef Fodor National Center for Public Health   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antioxidant properties; Dietary intake; Flavonoids; Plant foods

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; APIGENIN; BIOCHANIN A; DAIDZEIN; FLAVONOID; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MYRICETIN; QUERCETIN; TERT BUTYLHYDROQUINONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLACKBERRY; CELERY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGARY; IN VITRO STUDY; LENTIL; MALE; ONION; PARSNIP; PHYTONUTRIENT; RED CURRANT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINACH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLIUM CEPA; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; LENS CULINARIS; PASTINACA SATIVA; RIBES; RIBES RUBRUM; RUBUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 1342266761     PISSN: 03246523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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