Assessing antioxidant activity in botanicals and other dietary supplements

Pharmacopeial Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 810-814

  Phipps, Stephen Mathew ^a   Sharaf, Maged H M ^b,d   Butterweck, Veronika ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b USP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZOBIS(2 AMIDINOPROPANE); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHENOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AUTOMATION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; FOLIN-CIOCALTEU ASSAY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOPHILICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBANCE CAPACITY ASSAY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAW FOOD; REACTION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOTAL PHENOLICS ASSAY; TOTAL REACTIVE ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL ASSAY; TROLOX EQUIVALENT AOC ASSAY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 44649192311     PISSN: 03634655     EISSN: 15421945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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