Content of polyphenols compounds in the Nigerian stimulants Cola nitida ssp. alba, Cola nitida ssp. rubra A. Chev, and Cola acuminata Schott & Endl and their antioxidant capacity

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 9824-9828

  Atawodi, Sunday Ene Ojo ^a,b   Pfundstein, Beate ^a   Haubner, Roswitha ^a   Spiegelhalder, Bertold ^a   Bartsch, Helmut ^a   Owen, Robert Wyn ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Catechins; HPLC; HPLC ESI MS; Kola nut; Procyanidins; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

COLA ACUMINATA; COLA NITIDA;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIFLAVONOID; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLA; COLORIMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IC 50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIFLAVONOIDS; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLA; COLORIMETRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; NIGERIA; PHENOLS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 37349096610     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0721038     Document Type: Article

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