Superoxide anion radical scavenging activities of herbs and pastures in northern Japan determined using electron spin resonance spectrometry

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 349-355

  Al Mamun, Mohammad ^a   Yamaki, Koji ^b   Masumizu, Toshiki ^c   Nakai, Yumi ^d   Saito, Katsumi ^e   Sano, Hiroaki ^a   Tamura, Yoshifumi ^f  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^e Aomori Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitudinal locations; ESR; Herbs and pastures; HPLC; Scavenging activity; Superoxide anion radical

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYROLINE OXIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; METHANOL; OXYGEN; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HERB; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PASTURE; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; ELYMUS REPENS; PHLEUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34547579557     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.349     Document Type: Article

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