Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of an acidic polysaccharide extracted from Cucurbita moschata duchesne ex poiret

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4684-4690

  Yang, Xingbin ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b   Lv, You ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Capillary electrophoresis; Macrophages; Monosaccharide composition; Pumpkin polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SQUASH;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CUCURBITA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MONOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 34250741308     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf070241r     Document Type: Article

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