Chemical studies on antioxidant mechanisms and free radical scavenging properties of lignans

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3336-3347

  Eklund, Patrik C ^a   Långvik, Otto K ^a   Wärnå, Johan P ^a   Salmi, Tapio O ^b   Willför, Stefan M ^a   Sjöholm, Rainer E ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LABORATORY OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY AND REACTION ENGINEERING   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DIMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION;

2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL (DPPH); ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DEGREE OF OXIDATION; SKELETAL ARRANGEMENT;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

EID: 26444457933     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b506739a     Document Type: Article

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