Identification of the major flavonoids from pericarp tissues of lychee fruit in relation to their antioxidant activities

Food Chemistry

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-544

  Zhao, Mouming ^a   Yang, Bao ^a   Wang, Jinshui ^a   Li, Baozhen ^a   Jiang, Yueming ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Epicatechin; Flavonoids; Litchi pericarp; Proanthocyanidin B2; Proanthocyanidin B4

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELUTION; FRUIT; LYCHEE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERICARP; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 33645243967     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.06.028     Document Type: Article

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