Watermelon extract stimulates antioxidant enzymes and improves glycemic and lipid metabolism

Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-26

  Micol, Vicente ^a   Larson, Helen ^b   Edeas, Bejit ^b   Ikeda, Takuya ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Ninapharm R and D Center L'Atria   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CONCOMITANT REDUCTION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; NANO-ENCAPSULATION PROCESS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS BIOMARKERS; PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; HEALTH; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; UREA;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 34047264328     PISSN: 17226996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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