Antioxidant activities of alkannin, shikonin and Alkanna tinctoria root extracts in oil substrates

Food Chemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 433-438

  Assimopoulou, A N ^a   Boskou, D ^a   Papageorgiou, V P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alkannin; Antioxidant activity; Hydroxynaphthoquinones; Oven test; Shikonin

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ALKANNIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CORN OIL; DICHLOROMETHANE; HYDROQUINONE; LARD; OLIVE OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SHIKONIN; SUNFLOWER OIL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FOOD PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICS; POLYMERIZATION; ROOT EXUDATE;

ALKANNA TINCTORIA; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442434825     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2003.12.017     Document Type: Article

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