Free radical scavenging and antioxidant enzymes activation of polysaccharide extract from nostoc sphaeroides

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 887-896

  Tang, Jun ^a,b   Hu, Zheng Yu ^a   Chen, Xin Wen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Human embryo kidney 293 cells; Lipid peroxidation; Nostoc sphaeroides Kuetzing; Polysaccharide; Scavenging effect

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYL GROUP; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SPHAEROIDES;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CELL LINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NOSTOC; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 35648973716     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X07005351     Document Type: Article

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