Mediterranean shrubs as potential antioxidant sources

Natural Product Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 689-708

  Sanjust, Enrico ^a,b   Mocci, Giuseppe ^a   Zucca, Paolo ^a   Rescigno, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Arbutus; Capparis; Myrtus; Opuntia; Rosa; Rosmarinus; Rubus

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHOCYANIN; APIOLE; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE EXTRACT; ARBUTUS UNEDO EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAFFEIC ACID; CAPPARIS SPINOSA EXTRACT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GENTISIC ACID; HYPERIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; MYRICETIN; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA EXTRACT; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; TANNIN; TERPENOID; THYMOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ARTICLE; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CELL PROTECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; LIVER CELL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; SHRUB; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAPPARIS; ERICACEAE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MYRTUS; OPUNTIA; ROSA; ROSMARINUS;

ARBUTUS; CAPPARIS; MYRTUS; OPUNTIA; ROSMARINUS; RUBUS;

EID: 46749094693     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410801997125     Document Type: Article

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