Honey flavonoids as protection agents against oxidative damage to human red blood cells

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1635-1640

  Blasa, Manuela ^a   Candiracci, Manila ^a   Accorsi, Augusto ^a   Piacentini, Maria Piera ^a   Piatti, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exogenous oxidants; Flavonoids; Honey; Human erythrocytes; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZOBIS(2 AMIDINOPROPANE); FLAVONOID; METHEMOGLOBIN; PHENOL; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HEMOLYSIS; HONEY; HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 34249016070     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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