Antioxidant activity of five vegetables traditionally consumed by South-Asian migrants in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 907-911

  Ansari, N M ^a   Houlihan, L ^a   Hussain, B ^a   Pieroni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Asia; Caralluma edulis; Ethnopharmacology; Lipid peroxidation; Migrants

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEATING; HUMAN; MELON; OKRA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CATTLE; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VEGETABLES;

ABELMOSCHUS; ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; APOCYNACEAE; BOVINAE; CAUDANTHERA EDULIS; CUCUMIS; CUCURBITACEAE; LUFFA ACUTANGULA; MALVACEAE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 25444527021     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1756     Document Type: Article

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