Investigation of the antioxidant activity of African potato (Hypoxis hemerocallidea)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1707-1711

  Nair, Vipin D P ^a   Dairam, A ^a   Agbonon, A ^b   Arnason, J T ^b   Foster, B C ^b   Kanfer, I ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

African potato; DPPH assay; FRAP assay; HPLC; Hypoxoside; Lipid peroxidation; Prodrug; Rooperol

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSIDE; HYPOXOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOXIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; METABOLISM;

ALKYNES; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOSIDES; HYPOXIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDES;

HYPOXIS; HYPOXIS HEMEROCALLIDEA; RATTUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33947576663     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0619838     Document Type: Article

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