Phenolic antioxidants from the heartwood of Acacia confusa

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5917-5921

  Wu, Jyh Horng ^a   Tung, Yu Tang ^a   Wang, Sheng Yang ^b   Shyur, Lie Fen ^c   Kuo, Yueh Hsiung ^a   Chang, Shang Tzen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acacia confusa; Antioxidant; Flavonoids; Free radical; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD;

ACACIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOLS; PICRATES; WOOD;

ACACIA; ACACIA CONFUSA;

EID: 23744448221     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050550m     Document Type: Article

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