Flavonoids: A re-run of the carotenoids story?

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 93-101

  Halliwell, Barry ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLAVONOIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 35448950868     PISSN: 15282511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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