Anti-oxidant constituents of the roots and stolons of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4691-4697

  Chin, Young Won ^a   Jung, Hyun Ah ^a,e   Liu, Yue ^b   Su, Bao Ning ^a,c   Castoro, John A ^c   Keller, William J ^d   Pereira, Michael A ^b   Kinghorn, A Douglas ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d Nature's Sunshine Products   (United States)

^e Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1,2 Dimethylhydrazine; Anti oxidant activity; Chalcones; Colon and lung tumors; Fabaceae; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Licorice; Mixture; Neolignan lipid ester; Peroxynitrite; Phenolic derivatives

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARCINOGEN; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; GLYCYRRHIZA; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUMOR; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT ROOT;

1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOGENS; CHALCONES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCYRRHIZA; HYDROLYSIS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT ROOTS;

FABACEAE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; MUS;

EID: 34250692468     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0703553     Document Type: Article

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