Bioavailability, antioxidant and biological properties of the natural free-radical scavengers cyanidin and related glycosides

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 382-393

  Galvano, Fabio ^a   La Fauci, Luca ^a   Vitaglione, Paola ^b   Fogliano, Vincenzo ^b   Vanella, Luca ^a   Felgines, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Biological properties; Cyanidin; Cyanidin glycosides

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYANIDIN; GLYCOSIDE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; FRUIT; HUMAN; WINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BLOOD VESSELS; FLOWERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; WINE;

EID: 38949139773     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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