Inhibitory activity on amyloid-β aggregation and antioxidant properties of Crocus sativus stigmas extract and its crocin constituents

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8762-8768

  Papandreou, Magdalini A ^a   Kanakis, Charalambos D ^b   Polissiou, Moschos G ^b   Efthimiopoulos, Spyros ^c   Cordopatis, Paul ^a   Margarity, Marigoula ^a   Lamari, Fotini N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Antioxidant; Crocin; Crocus sativus; Fibrillogenesis; Stigmas

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; CROCIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FLOWER; METABOLISM;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; FLOWERS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33751305217     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf061932a     Document Type: Article

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