A new automated method for the determination of the Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) of human plasma, based on the crocin bleaching assay

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-16

  Kampa, Marilena ^a   Nistikaki, Anastasia ^a   Tsaousis, Vassilios ^b   Maliaraki, Niki ^a   Notas, George ^a   Castanas, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Medicon SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASCORBIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CAFFEIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; CROCIN; EDETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; TROLOX C; URIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DILUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMA; REFERENCE VALUE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

EID: 3342901640     PISSN: 14726890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-2-1     Document Type: Article

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